That horse left the barn long ago, and you and your co-conspirators are the ones who shooed it out and locked the stable door behind it
/soon to be seen in a post office near you
I’d thought the old bastard had cleared out his desk and left the premises months ago, but at least he’s gone now.
Ousted Director Francis Collins Demands Americans Pay ‘Utmost Respect’ to NIH
Dr. Francis Collins has abruptly retired after being stripped of his directorship by new HHS boss RFK Jr. and left a resignation letter on the dung heap:
“NIH is the largest supporter of biomedical research in the world. It is the main piston of a biomedical discovery engine that is the envy of the globe. Yet it is not a household name. It should be. NIH supports everything from basic science to clinical trials, providing the foundation of many breakthroughs. When you hear about patients surviving stage 4 cancer because of immunotherapy, that was based on NIH research over many decades. When you hear about sickle cell disease being cured because of CRISPR gene editing, that was built on many years of research supported by NIH. It has also been the largest supporter of global health research in the world, winning us many friends and colleagues from across the globe. I have loved being employed by this extraordinary, life-giving institution for 32 years. I will continue to devote my life in other ways to seeking knowledge and enhancing health, to healing disease and reducing suffering, and to doing what I can to bring together our fractured communities around the shared values of love, truth, goodness, and faith. As I depart NIH, I want to express my gratitude and love for the men and women with whom I have worked side-by-side for so many years. They are individuals of extraordinary intellect and integrity, selfless and hard-working, generous and compassionate. They personify excellence in every way, and they deserve the utmost respect and support of all Americans.”
A friend of mine who’s in his mid-30s recently told me that he’d graduated from school as a dyed-in-the-wool liberal, and as an earth scientist whose job takes him outside into the field for days at a time, he considers himself a staunch environmentalist. But, he said, he increasingly saw articles and claims in his area of expertise: chemical pollution; hydrology; etc. that, although asserted as fact, he knew to be untrue, and he grew uneasy.
“Then came COVID”, he said, “and the bullshit that was being spewed by “scientist authorities” cured me of, first, trusting anything coming out of the CDC and NHI, and the all the other stuff I’d been hearing and trusting from other parts of the government, and that was it.”
And so another conservative was born; thank you, Francis.