Posted on 11/06/2022 4:09:51 PM PST by Twotone
The National Institutes of Health has issued more than a million dollars via taxpayer-funded medical research grants to find evidence that racism is to blame for poor sleep in minority communities.
The funding was appropriated to Dr. Alexander Tsai, an associate professor at Harvard University who is conducting the research through Massachusetts General Hospital, where he works as a psychiatrist.
The studies are based on the hypothesis that the disparity in sleep health in the black community is “thought to be explained partially by experiences of interpersonal racial discrimination.”
“This application focuses on police use of deadly force on unarmed black Americans as a cardinal manifestation of structural racism,” reads the grant summary in the NIH database. “The central hypothesis is that police use of deadly force on unarmed black Americans leads to unhealthy sleep among other black Americans in the general U.S. population. This hypothesis has been formulated on the basis of strong preliminary data showing that police use of deadly force on unarmed black Americans leads to poor mental health among other black Americans in the general U.S. population.”
NIH awarded $460,656 to Tsai in 2020, $439,970 in 2021, and $273,625 in 2022 for the research project, titled “Racial disparities in police use of deadly force as a cause of racial disparities in sleep health across the life course.”
That totals nearly $1.2 million over three years.
“The findings will have significant public health impact because they will provide proof of principle for development and targeting of structural and psychosocial interventions to reduce racial disparities in sleep health,” the grant summary reads.
Critics told The Center Square that the research is based on false assumptions and don't account for other factors.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecentersquare.com ...
Well, the whining of leftist minorities never ceases to amuse me.
Poor sleep quality is very closely related to obesity. How many of those reporting poor sleep quality are obese? There is a very close correlation.
Truth doesn't matter, only the "narrative" matters.
I don’t sleep very well because of people who annoy me.
Good morning Boss ..... yeah, yeah I’m gonna sleep in this morning cuz I’ve been feeling racism around me lately. You know, racism and stuff is just gettin to me ... I’ll try and make it in this afternoon ..... see how it goes and all.....
—click—
Boss? Boss?
In other news, water is wet. Where is my 1.2 Million.
Wasn’t Midnight Basketball Clinton’s idea? But then he suggested curfews.
Poor sleep is an economic issue.
When you are wealthy you can afford sleep.
It was.
And Rush had a field day with that
Early to bed, early to rise...B. Franklin.
It’s caused by cats wanting to go out at 3:00 in the morning
Current theory suggests that it would be impossible for it not to, so presumably the research was to establish more specifics about the phenomenon.
For example:
“A recent neurological sleep study found that sleep disturbances because of DST most heavily affect people like adolescents and folks who work early mornings, who are disproportionately members of poor and minority communities.”
If it didn’t, things would at least be better, but of course it does.
More government waste...
That’s $1.2 million that could have been used more wisely, like adding it to the $1.6 billion communist-scumbag Biden gave to the Taliban in Afghanistan (probably to help eradicate any remaining Christian communities in the country)......
Everyone else in the house has to cooperate
I win $1.9 billion I’m buying buying an Island outfitted with anti-aircraft, mine the perimeter a mile out into the blue waters, purchase a herd of sharks outfitted with lasers, and deer with razor sharp teeth.
Anyone interfering with my rest will be dealt with.../S
As the liberals say, “We need more high-density, vibrant, diverse neighborhoods”.
Let me explain what that really means:
High-density: Forget about finding a place to park after 6pm.
Vibrant: Forget about getting any sleep due to all the noise.
Diverse: Nobody speaks any English.
That’s almost as good as the study to find out why Lesbians are fat.
Biden, Pelosi, Hillary, Schumer make me have ACUTE bowel movements - do you think I can get a $Mil or two to study this phenomena?
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