Holding the line for credible scholarship--

Okay, I have refrained from ranting on the subject of the deeply flawed HHS "MAHA" report, but I am entirely steamed by the bullmalarky "excuses" that there were "formatting errors," and that the anomalies (read: made up sources) did not change the substance of the report. Seven fictional sources. Most of them having to do with children's health. 

O FFS.

First, fictional sources would get the paper and the writer a/ a failing grade anywhere in high school class, b/ possible dismissal of a writer in college, c/ fired from any regular job, and d/ ineligible to run for/keep public office in times past. Fraud is fraud. Lies are lies. And to use actual scientist's/researchers' names and tag them with fake studies and papers is to undercut their professional standing as well. Muck-slinging. And everyone and everything it touches plain ol' stinks as a result.

And the report is filled with bad "science" and debunked cracker-assed theories. And our national health policies are going to be tied to this? Unreal. 

As a professional educator and writer, I am stunned that this is not even a blip on the radar. People will die. And no GOPPERS care. At least, they don't care enough to do any single thing. They can afford to keep themselves and their families safe, even so far as to go to other countries for the medical care that they won't be able to trust here. 

This is not the only fed paper/report, either, that has been tied to spurious "scholarship." Whether it was a lazy intern, a DOGE-r, or AI that created this falsified document, stay tuned: this is the way things work in the USA now. 

And of course, the threat that medical professionals and scientists will be banned from publishing in scholarly journals (they've been tagged as "corrupt"--which, of course, has been proven impossible) is a direct threat to not only our body of knowledge in the medical fields, but it also undercuts the scientists' professional credentials. They'll have an "in-house" journal to publish in? Seriously? MAGA mag? NIH funding will be awarded with serious strings attached--- call 'em a professional noose. Our future, our survival, is being held hostage. 

As for me, I will continue to hold the line for valid scholarship.

Two more weeks of school to go...and a lifetime to keep at it.

C