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Science itself isn’t neutral—look what kinds of research gets funded, and look who gets funded, you'll see that those decisions are not free of politics Look at who lost federal funding in the recent vicious assault on health research—it wasn’t random!

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Second, I said that I think it’s a myth that we as scientists or health professionals are "neutral" beings We’re not "brains in jars" We have feelings, values, motivations We’re doing the work we’re doing because we’re driven, passionate, motivated

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I was kindly invited to give the final plenary at this year's American Society of Bioethics & Humanities annual meeting—I discussed being a global health professor who engages in advocacy One thing I got asked is: should scientists or healthcare professionals remain politically neutral?

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I replied by saying 3 things First, I recalled Elie Wiesel's 1986 Nobel Prize speech, during which he said: "Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere." eliewieselfoundation.org/about-elie-w...

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