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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 19 Mar 2017

    The fastest way to Make America Sick Again: Cut funding to the National Institutes of Health

    10:25 AM - 19 Mar 2017
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    337 replies 19,021 retweets 45,384 likes
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      2. JP de Ruiter‏ @JPdeRuiter 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        The NIH is fake news! We got to dramp the swain. And cut the wire tapp! Sad!

        4 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      3. Zach VanDenBosch‏ @ZVanDenBosch 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @JPdeRuiter @neiltyson

        The idea of a health institute being a fake news outlet is hilarious.

        1 reply 0 retweets 51 likes
      4. Never Dystopia‏ @NeverDystopia 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @ZVanDenBosch @JPdeRuiter @neiltyson

        the #NIH supports #vaccination which way too many think are #altfacts . #Science is already in trouble

        1 reply 1 retweet 7 likes
      5. End of conversation
      1.  🙂 🇺🇸‏ @KafirXX 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @SSheeeeit

        @Julia_Gulia_1 @neiltyson Geesh, for a second I thought Jaba the Hut was on twitter! Eat a salad for gosh sakes!

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
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      2. Manuel F. Herrador  🥄‏ @mfherrador 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        .@neiltyson I do know a section you could cut off: "National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health" https://nccih.nih.gov/ 

        1 reply 1 retweet 2 likes
      3. CJ Moose  ⚒ 🌋‏ @cjmoose 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @mfherrador @neiltyson

        Why wld we not want to support credibile scientific research in these areas to combat the rampant pseudo science?

        1 reply 0 retweets 8 likes
      4. Manuel F. Herrador  🥄‏ @mfherrador 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @cjmoose @neiltyson

        All "research" conducted by NCCIH is pseudoscience per se.https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/nccih-strategic-plan-2016-2021-or-lets-try-to-do-some-real-science-for-a-change/ …

        1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes
      5. CJ Moose  ⚒ 🌋‏ @cjmoose 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @mfherrador @neiltyson

        Ignore the "quackery" & call it names. That'll totally make it go away. Heaven forbid we back up insults w/evidence.

        0 replies 0 retweets 8 likes
      6. End of conversation
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      2. dave 🐶‏ @touque42 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        maybe you should run for president , you seem pretty smart , Sane and rational.

        1 reply 0 retweets 31 likes
      3. WidowFaker‏ @lowlycalvin2001 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @touque42 @neiltyson

        a potato is more sane and rational than Mr Cheeto.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. Aunti Jenn‏ @InspiraExspira 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        Capitalism is a disease.

        9 replies 0 retweets 16 likes
      3. R H Wooden‏ @VTWooden 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @InspiraExspira @neiltyson

        Good point, Capitalism w/out regulation is the enemy. Regs keep it from becoming dangerous and controlling.

        0 replies 0 retweets 7 likes
      4. End of conversation
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      2. ohmy‏ @MicLYu 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @neiltyson

        That's a tomorrow problem. This is today!

        2 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
      3. Jim Friedman‏ @friedman4480 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @MicLYu @neiltyson

        ask people who are fighting cancer or mental illness. They are today and everyday fights

        2 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
      4.  🎃Liboooorian 🎃‏ @eye_brarian 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @friedman4480 @MicLYu @neiltyson

        that tweet was said in sarcasm.....

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      5. Jim Friedman‏ @friedman4480 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @eye_brarian @MicLYu @neiltyson

        please forgive me for being skeptical.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Erock‏ @EricMSchin 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @friedman4480 @MicLYu @neiltyson

        that was a sarcastic *debt* joke, and it flew right over even the originator's head

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      7. Jim Friedman‏ @friedman4480 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @EricMSchin @MicLYu @neiltyson

        everyone I know that has a mental illness (including me) has struggled with acceptance of having MI

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      8.  🎃Liboooorian 🎃‏ @eye_brarian 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @friedman4480 @neiltyson

        oh, ur talking to the queen of general anxiety, depression, and seasonal affective. Don't lecture me

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      9. Jim Friedman‏ @friedman4480 19 Mar 2017
        Replying to @eye_brarian @neiltyson

        I'm not going to compare diagnoses. It's not worth my time to stoop to your level. Just don't judge.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      10. End of conversation

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