Comment by jandrese

3 hours ago

I have to admit I checked the author on this paper. No surprise it is from outside of the US. It's hard to imagine a US institution releasing a scientific study that directly contradicts the administration's viewpoints out of fear of reprisal via loss of funding or even shakedowns.

I just hope this doesn't elicit some unhinged Truth Social post about evil Frenchmen trying to poison our bodies.

It goes the other way too. It's hard to imagine a {EU,German,whatever} institution releasing a scientific study that directly contradicts the administration's viewpoints out of fear of reprisal via loss of funding or even shakedowns.

  • This is specific to the Trump administration. Previous administrations actually took critique and updated policies and advice based on the critique.