Matthew Facciani (Social Scientist @NotreDame. Studies misinformation, media literacy, & AI) writes on Bluesky â
'Science and public health thrive through global collaboration, where scientists can challenge and correct each other. Banning international communication and limiting publication to âin-houseâ journals would isolate the U.S. and ultimately harm public health.'
https://bsky.app/profile/matthewfacciani.bsky.social/post/3lq6hnplbi224
Meanwhile RF Kennedy writes on Twitter/X:
'I had a wonderful meeting with Argentine President @JMilei about our nationsâ mutual withdrawal from the WHO and the creation of an alternative international health system based on gold-standard science and free from totalitarian impulses, corruption, and political control.'
https://x.com/SecKennedy/status/1927408870432940357
Banning US researchers from publishing in The Lancet and other top journals? Proposing an 'alternative internatinoal health system'? It's hard to understand how anyone could find this to be sensible.
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org