Notices by Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (luckytran@med-mastodon.com), page 2

Customs and Border Patrol denied a French scientist entry to the U.S. because they found messages on his phone criticizing Trump’s science cuts.

Apparently saying that canceling cancer research is bad can now be classified as terrorism. Chilling.

NEW: New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul is reviving her push to ban masks and is urging New York State lawmakers to include a mask ban in the upcoming state budget.

This move endangers public health and threatens civil liberties.

Head of EPA, Lee Zeldin: “Today is the largest deregulatory announcement in U.S. history. Today the green new scam ends, as the E.P.A. does its part to usher in a golden age of American success.” https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/climate/epa-zeldin-rollbacks-pollution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.3k4.xHaI.8Tncvj43xY2N&smid=url-share

This is what many cities in the U.S. looked like before the EPA.

Why the heck would anyone celebrate deregulating it?

At the start of COVID, we all learned how to beat airborne viruses like the flu: by wearing masks and staying home when we are sick. It's a real shame we haven't translated those important lessons into long-term behavioral change.

Since the start of COVID, the number of people reporting a disability soared. Yet the majority of the world acts like COVID is over, and Long COVID doesn't exist.

Please sign me up for this political movement!

You can no longer order free COVID tests from the government. Despite still having $500 million worth of COVID tests stockpiled, covidtests.gov is closed.

Some cities in Texas are running out of the MMR vaccine due to high demand.

While this is encouraging, it’s tragic that it’s only finally happening after a couple of preventable deaths due to anti-vax disinformation.

When you mess with science, be prepared for a reaction! #standupforscience

So great to see groups practicing community care. We need to do this more than ever in light of mass dismantling of government institutions. https://www.kqed.org/arts/13972628/masks-required-covid-cautious-concerts-oakland-bay-area

Now is not the time for the scientific community to self-censor. We need to all unite together and get behind grassroots efforts like #standupforscience if we are to effectively overcome the attacks on science!

Grateful and proud of the work the #standupforscience team is doing to reinvigorate science advocacy at a time we need it most. Please participate in a rally near you tomorrow if you can! https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/06/stand-up-for-science-rallies-in-32-cities-on-friday-to-protest-trump-cuts-research/

So is transgenic also going to be a banned word? Because if so, it’s going to be extremely hard to write any research paper that contains any basic molecular biology work. 🙄

BREAKING: A federal judge issued a nationwide preliminary injunction blocking the Trump admin from slashing National Institutes of Health payments for research overhead, a decision that suggests plaintiffs seeking to overturn the sweeping policy change are likely to eventually succeed.
[STAT]

These buildings provide data for virtually every weather forecast in the US.

A recent study found that every $1 invested in weather forecasting provides $73 of value in return.

Dismantling NWS infrastructure is one of the least efficient and most reckless things you can do.

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/03/doge-noaa-weather-building-leases-trump

So now the Trump admin is firing meteorologists at the National Weather Service because apparently, telling people whether it will rain tomorrow is too woke.

In all seriousness, forecasts and weather alerts are essential functions. Slashing these programs will cost lives.

The #StandUpForScience2025 rallies will be held in DC and around the US NEXT FRIDAY.

Please sign up to attend at http://standupforscience2025.org

To effectively push back the attacks on science happening now, it is critical to show mass support for science by gathering in the streets!

I can’t believe that we are at the point where we need to constantly remind everyone that children aren’t meant to die from vaccine-preventable diseases.

RFK at his confirmation hearing: “I am not anti-vaccine”

After RFK confirmed as HHS head:
- CDC flu vaccine campaign pulled
- Childhood vaccine schedule reviewed
- Federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates withdrawn
- Meeting to update flu vaccines cancelled