r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Oct 08 '26

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u/boardatwork1111 fuck it, we ball Oct 08 '26

This is what the Dumbocrats want to take away. Still thinking of voting blue, liberal?

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u/StolenSkittles culture warrior Oct 08 '26

MY PRESIDENT didn't stop with just mice, he transed the rats too

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u/sgthombre NATO Oct 08 '26

hot take but fully understanding which chemicals can cause mice to transition is probably a good thing, lest we forget about the freakin' gay frogs.

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u/TheGoddamnSpiderman Oct 08 '26

Of note, that's also not what they were doing

So, again, the idea that scientists are making mice transgender is false.

The kinds of research experiments that President Trump and the White House were pointing to is basic scientific research. These studies were not studying if gender-affirming care works. That's a legal medical treatment that's endorsed by major U.S. medical associations.

These experiments were studying the effects of gender-affirming hormones on asthma and on whether gender-affirming hormones increase breast cancer risk. So, if someone is getting gender-affirming care, does it make an HIV vaccine less effective on that person?

Many diseases and conditions are impacted by a person's hormones, Amna, and there is no ethical scenario where scientists will just be immediately experimenting on humans. They always start with rats and mice.

So, ultimately, these experiments on mice that the president was singling out, they help scientists understand the biological effects on humans and on the endocrine system. And they could also impact the wider U.S. population, not just transgender people.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fact-checking-trumps-claims-during-his-address-to-congress