#nih research

[dosesofcommonsense]

The MSM buried the Fauci story because they knew you’d notice the guy who supposedly cares about people doesn’t give two fucks about Fido.

Where’s PETA?

[thatonebirdwrites]

*KNOCKS ON WOOD*

I just got on disability. It is literally saving my life as it was backdated far enough so that I can go on Medicare next month. The backpay I used for an accessible bathroom. It pays my housing, utilities, healthcare bills, pet costs, and food/amenities. Without it I'm kind of fucked and won't be able to afford the meds I need. I fear the worst. But then, it's not like I haven't faced off with Death and Pain before. Those two play a long game with me, and so far I'm winning. But why do I fear the worst?

Project 2025's changes are fairly lethal and damaging to the survival of most marginalized populations, and especially disabled people. Trumpocalypse filled his advisors with Project 2025 assholes. If not Project 2025, they'll try to destroy as much of the government's social programs to harm the most vulnerable people because they're cruel. They tried that last time and judges stopped them, but they packed the courts last time. So we'll see who is left to act as obstructions. Seems they're starting with a major spectacle of ICE raids. WEird TikTok shenanigans. And stopping all NIH grant funding. This means the research on my chronic illnesses no longer has funding. Whether they can continue any current research is unknown. Whether I'll ever see treatments or cures in my lifetime is unknown. Whether research on my chronic illness will continue or whether Trumpocalypse decides it should be cut is unknown. The treatment I have currently is not great but it's keeping me alive. I had high hopes on the research finding better treatments, and maybe even getting in on a LongCovid study. That hope is dashed as Trumpocalypse mentioned wanting to cease/defund research on infectious diseases (including Covid and LongCovid and Sars and bird flu). We already don't have a pandemic response team because Biden failed to rebuild that. Instead, he doubled down on Trumpocalypse-like policies of denial and obfuscation and defunding. Friends died because of these shitty policies. And now, just as disabled folks predicted, Trumpocalypse is tearing down what they can to cause the most harm. This is a Death Administration, who are okay with us dying as long as billionaires profit. it'll be a miracle if I survive these four years. But then I've survived: Falling off a 500 foot bluff, drowning in Gulf of Mexico, SA, death threats, knocked unconscious due to falling face-first into concrete, transphobic attack, lost in the wilderness for a day with no water, hospitalized due to suicide attempt, hospitalized due to temporary paralyzation of right side... Death and I got this deal, you see. We play tag. I've been winning so far, but I'm not sure how much longer that'll last. You see, Death sneaked in a cheat -- LongCovid and my other nasty chronic illnesses -- so we'll see who wins this next few rounds. Since I need to finish my fics, I'm determined to win. Got a few tricks up my sleeve.

[biodefensebugchaser-blog]

Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, both part of the National Institutes of Health, have identified the cells in two distinct areas of the body that are simultaneously targeted for damage by anthrax toxins, eventually causing illness and sometimes death. Their findings, which appear online in Nature, are based on testing in mice. However, the results may contribute to the development of anthrax treatments for humans, the researchers say.