Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD MPH
@rbenderignacio.bsky.social
Infectious Diseases physician-scientist @University of Washington & @FredHutch Cancer Center. Director of UW Positive Research. #HIV #TransplantID #Clinical research #Epidemiology
Someone needed to say this. As one of the authors of the public health statement he misused a quote from, I’m disgusted that this was published as an appropriate critique on the NIH. Should the NIH undergo reforms? Yes. can we discuss (one of the many) elephants?
Probably the most disgusting piece of anti-science garbage in service of whitewashing Bhattacharya and legitimizing attacks on NIH to date in the NYT op-ed section.
And there have been many.
Since the NYT keeps doing this drivel, I will say a few things about the NYT's modus operandi...
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And there have been many.
Since the NYT keeps doing this drivel, I will say a few things about the NYT's modus operandi...
1/
Here’s the piece (unlocked article)
September 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Someone needed to say this. As one of the authors of the public health statement he misused a quote from, I’m disgusted that this was published as an appropriate critique on the NIH. Should the NIH undergo reforms? Yes. can we discuss (one of the many) elephants?