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NIH Had No $$$ for Ebola Vaccine, Spent $100 Mil on Meditation
Posted By Daniel Greenfield On December 19, 2014 @ 11:22 am In The Point | 4 Comments
Isn’t there supposed to be a separation of cult and state?
Mindfulness is a New Age kind of meditation that focuses on the present moment “non-judgmentally,” tracing its origins to Buddhism. The growing phenomenon was the subject of a 60 Minutes segment on Sunday, for which May and other fans of the practice were interviewed.
The segment featured Rep. Tim Ryan (D., Ohio), a so-called “rock star among mindfulness evangelists” who earmarked nearly $1 million to teach mindfulness to preschool students in his district. The $982,000 project provided deep breathing exercises, and “Peace Corners” for kids in Youngstown, Ohio.
I’m sure that’s what kids in Youngstown needs most. And the ACLU was nowhere in sight when Ryan decided to propagandize his creed to pre-schoolers, but if a conventionally religious politician tried to promote Christian or Jewish practices in school using a government grant, all hell would break loose.
Ryan said he practices mindfulness on the House Budget Committee and hosts weekly meditation sessions for members and staff. No Republicans attend.
Just wrap it into ObamaCare. Call it a mandatory health benefit.
The Washington Free Beacon analyzed 81 active studies on mindfulness that have cost taxpayers more than $100 million. Included in the total were all studies in which mindfulness is used as a central component in the research.
Mindfulness is proposed as the solution for a wide range of diseases and conditions for nearly every demographic.
A $42,676 study is using mindfulness to help women drink less during PMS, and another $1,399,153 grant attempts to use the technique to combat “menstrually related mood disorders.”
A $729,352 project is testing the technique as a coping skill to reduce stress for gay men. Obese people can also mindfully meditate to a healthy weight, according to the hypothesis of several NIH grants.
Meanwhile an Ebola vaccine sat on the shelf for lack of funds. If only it had been an Ebola vaccine of mindfullness.
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