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SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ENDORSES JOE BIDEN We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Posted by: Just the Facts Please ()
Date: September 15, 2020 05:51PM

By THE EDITORS | Scientific American October 2020 Issue

Scientific American has never endorsed a presidential candidate in its 175-year history. This year we are compelled to do so. We do not do this lightly.

The evidence and the science show that Donald Trump has badly damaged the U.S. and its people—because he rejects evidence and science. The most devastating example is his dishonest and inept response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which cost more than 190,000 Americans their lives by the middle of September. He has also attacked environmental protections, medical care, and the researchers and public science agencies that help this country prepare for its greatest challenges. That is why we urge you to vote for Joe Biden, who is offering fact-based plans to protect our health, our economy and the environment. These and other proposals he has put forth can set the country back on course for a safer, more prosperous and more equitable future.

The pandemic would strain any nation and system, but Trump's rejection of evidence and public health measures have been catastrophic in the U.S. He was warned many times in January and February about the onrushing disease, yet he did not develop a national strategy to provide protective equipment, coronavirus testing or clear health guidelines. Testing people for the virus, and tracing those they may have infected, is how countries in Europe and Asia have gained control over their outbreaks, saved lives, and successfully reopened businesses and schools. But in the U.S., Trump claimed, falsely, that “anybody that wants a test can get a test.” That was untrue in March and remained untrue through the summer. Trump opposed $25 billion for increased testing and tracing that was in a pandemic relief bill as late as July. These lapses accelerated the spread of disease through the country—particularly in highly vulnerable communities that include people of color, where deaths climbed disproportionately to those in the rest of the population…..

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But Trump's refusal to look at the evidence and act accordingly extends beyond the virus. He has repeatedly tried to get rid of the Affordable Care Act while offering no alternative; comprehensive medical insurance is essential to reduce illness. Trump has proposed billion-dollar cuts to the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, agencies that increase our scientific knowledge and strengthen us for future challenges. Congress has countermanded his reductions. Yet he keeps trying, slashing programs that would ready us for future pandemics and withdrawing from the World Health Organization. These and other actions increase the risk that new diseases will surprise and devastate us again.

Trump also keeps pushing to eliminate health rules from the Environmental Protection Agency, putting people at more risk for heart and lung disease caused by pollution. He has replaced scientists on agency advisory boards with industry representatives. In his ongoing denial of reality, Trump has hobbled U.S. preparations for climate change, falsely claiming that it does not exist and pulling out of international agreements to mitigate it. The changing climate is already causing a rise in heat-related deaths and an increase in severe storms, wildfires and extreme flooding…..
[Highly recommend reading the entire piece and then sharing it.]

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Re: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ENDORSES JOE BIDEN We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Posted by: Rupert Pupkin ()
Date: September 15, 2020 09:34PM

This tells you all you need to know.

Science has now turned political. For the last few years, they have been pissing all over Trump just like every other libtard run organization. You people wonder why "people don't believe the science"... well it's because the people telling us about the science have an agenda now.

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Re: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ENDORSES JOE BIDEN We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Posted by: KMFY6 ()
Date: September 17, 2020 04:39PM

Fucking Luddite

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Re: SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN ENDORSES JOE BIDEN We’ve never backed a presidential candidate in our 175-year history—until now
Posted by: All Roads Lead to China ()
Date: September 17, 2020 04:43PM

Scientific American is published by Springer Nature, which has a partnership with Wenzhou Medical University based in China.

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