Onco-Cruelty
Trump wants to gut cancer research funding.
Again.
Weâve seen this before. Itâs not new. Itâs not shocking. Itâs just lazy cruelty hiding behind budget theater.
I donât care what party you align with. If you think itâs smart fiscal policy to gut the NIH, then youâve never had to sit in an MRI tube wondering if the tumor came back. Youâve never walked out of chemo holding your hearing aids. Youâve never held your kidâs hand while they vomit because a 40-year-old drug is still standard care.
I survived brain cancer. Barely.
Thirty years later, kids with the same tumor are still dying. The meds? Still toxic. The side effects? Still lifelong. The progress? Slower than it should be.
Why?
Because the people making budget decisions never sat in the infusion chair.
Cutting cancer research doesnât make you bold. It makes you ignorant. It trades short-term headlines for long-term pain.
This is what defunding the NIH actually does:
You delay the next breakthrough.
You stall the clinical trial that could save someoneâs life.
You cancel grants for the next generation of scientists.
You tell every survivor that their suffering isnât worth solving.
Weâve dumped billions into tax breaks, weapons, and political stuntsâbut when it comes to cancer research, suddenly the purse strings tighten?
Why is cancer research always first on the chopping block?
Why are patients always an afterthought in budget politics?
Why does this cycle keep repeating?
Ask yourself: who benefits when we slow research?
Itâs not the patients. Itâs not the families. Itâs not the clinicians working double shifts with outdated tools and no time.
You donât need to be a survivor to get angry. You just need to care that human life still matters more than campaign stunts.
If you're in healthcare, science, advocacy, or government and you're silent about thisâwhatâs your excuse?
This matters. Act like it.
Push back. Speak out. Fight smart.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN âŹď¸
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5212986-trump-cancer-research-cuts/