Five scientists ejected from ADA conference for distributing reprints of editorial critical of Trump adminfive scientists got physically removed from a diabetes conference for handing out a critical editorial
Five leading scientists were ousted from the American Diabetes Association's annual meeting in New Orleans on Friday after distributing copies of an editorial critical of the Trump administration's attacks on scientific research. The group included ADA journal editor-in-chief Steven Kahn and former ADA president Desmond Schatz, along with pediatrics professor Aaron Kelly, Justin Ryder, and Irl Hirsch. They were handing out reprints outside a room where NIH director Jay Bhattacharya had been scheduled to speak, though Bhattacharya cancelled and sent another NIH official instead. According to the Ars Technica report, they were physically grabbed and forced out of the conference center.five scientists got kicked out of the american diabetes association conference in new orleans on friday — physically removed, according to ars technica — for handing out reprints of an editorial that criticizes the trump admin's war on science. the group includes steven kahn, the editor-in-chief of diabetes care who co-wrote the editorial, and former ada president desmond schatz. they were distributing the reprints outside the room where nih director jay bhattacharya was supposed to speak, but he cancelled and sent a replacement.