In 2007, a small group of concerned citizens co-founded the nonpartisan ngo Science Debate. The goal was simple: Science Debate asked presidential candidates to answer science policy questions related to issues like competitiveness, space exploration, & pandemic response.
Why? If candidates addressed #science issues, they should be more likely to arrive in office with a plan for how to deal with challenges related to health, tech & the environment. https://open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p/science-and-the-candidates?utm_source=direct&r=1j872&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics
Why? If candidates addressed #science issues, they should be more likely to arrive in office with a plan for how to deal with challenges related to health, tech & the environment. https://open.substack.com/pub/sheril/p/science-and-the-candidates?utm_source=direct&r=1j872&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web #politics
CherylBlueWave
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night - NPR https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/01/29/1151039454/9-diseases-virus-epidemiologists-pandemic-potential-who
Paul van Gulick
in reply to Sheril Kirshenbaum • • •https://sciencedebate.org/sciencedebate-presidential-2016.html
and was not one whit surprised by the bland and utterly non-committal response by the ultimate winner of the 2016 election.
Still - it is a good and worthy fight that you are engaged in.
Science Debate - Presidential Q&A 2016
sciencedebate.orgSheril Kirshenbaum
in reply to Paul van Gulick • • •Ultimately, it should be the expectation rather then exception for elected leaders to address science policy.