In this editorial *Science* editor-in-chief @hholdenthorp makes a compelling case that Trump is not capable of leading the American response to #Covid-19.
science.sciencemag.org/content/367/64…
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Trump has spent years denigrating and ignoring science before taking office, and it's only gotten worse, since.
As Thorp writes, "You can't insult science when you don't like it and then suddenly insist on something that science can't give on demand."
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As Thorp writes, "You can't insult science when you don't like it and then suddenly insist on something that science can't give on demand."
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His policy track-record is even worse: "deep cuts to science, including cuts to funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the NIH...nearly 4 years of harming and ignoring science."
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This reminds me of an argument I often have with digital rights activists who attribute bad technology policy to the inability of clueless lawmakers to understand the technical nuance. I think that's wrong.
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(Apologies, Twitter broke this thread; here's the rest)
