NIH Wasted $39,643,352 Studying These and Many Other Unnecessary
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(DCist) Speaking with HuffPo the Natl Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr Francis Collins said that budget cuts and “stagnant spending” has significantly slowed down the potential to find a vaccine to treat the (Ebola) virus.
Not true, according to the Washington Free Beacon which uncovered $39,643,352 worth of NIH studies within the past several years that have gone to questionable research projects which include:
- $2,873,440 Trying to Figure Out Why Lesbians are Obese;
- $466,642 Why Fat Girls Have a Tough Time Getting Dates;
- $2,075,611 Encouraging Seniors to Join Choirs;
Besides these wasteful federal research projects, the NIH is also texting older African Americans with HIV ($372,460); HIV & Drug Users in rural areas ($693,000); HIV Smokers ($763,519); Pregnant Smokers ($380,145); Teen Moms ($243,839) and Meth Addicts ($360,113) together with text message interventions to attempt to get obese people to lose weight have cost $2,707,067
NIH research on obesity has led to additional spending $2,101,064 on wearable insoles and buttons that can track a persons weight and $374,670 to put fruit on vegetable puppet shows for preschoolers.
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