Somewhere in doggy heaven, Fauci’s beagles are smiling. (But not barking, since their troublesome vocal cords were surgically severed by NIH ‘scientists.’) Last week, Stat News ran the great news under the headline, “FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs in what it calls a ‘paradigm shift.’” The sub-headline added, “‘Thousands of animals could eventually be spared each year as these new methods take root,’ said new FDA Commissioner Marty Makary.”
PETA actually praised Trump. Add that to your bingo card, since I know it wasn’t there.
It’s not just FDA. Trump’s new EPA chief Lee Zeldin also announced on the same day that his agency would reinstate Trump’s 2019 policy to phase out all animal testing at the environmental agency. The statement noted that the Biden administration had multiplied animal testing trials, whereas Zeldin is “wholly committed to getting the agency back on track to eliminating animal testing.”
In comments to reporters, HHS Secretary Kennedy also said that the NIH will join the effort to eliminate live animal testing, in favor of a variety of higher-tech methods, including using AI and lab-grown tissues. Some people have expressed concern about the safety of using artificial intelligence, but several recent studies have shown AI is much more reliable than medical-complex doctors in diagnosing health problems.
Last month, the New Atlas reported, “Nearly 100% of cancer identified by new AI, easily outperforming doctors.” Just saying. Don’t cancel me. (Maybe if doctors were less focused on pushing jabs and slavishly following goofy government ‘guidance,’ they’d be better at treating patients, but I digress.)
Not everyone was happy though. Democrats gnashed their razor-sharp teeth. Trump’s attacking science! It’s another weird inversion: Historically, liberals supposedly championed animal rights, to an extent we even used to mock them about it. But they obviously never meant it. Now progressives have become the party of debarking puppies and torturing them with sand flies.
It’s science! Shut up!
I can think of a few uses for those unwanted sand flies, since the NIH won’t need them anymore. Dr. Fauci, you’re needed in the lab. Wear loose clothing and bring itch cream.
That’s going to really upset Dr. Fuaci but will in appease those annoying idiots from PETA?