Police Removed Prominent Scientists from the ADA Meeting. Researchers Respond
Five researchers were forcibly removed from the American Diabetes Association 2026 conference by police for distributing an editorial published in Diabetes Care. The article criticized federal administration actions affecting research and public health. While the ADA cited a code of conduct violation regarding nonpartisanship, the ejected scientists argue they were exercising their First Amendment rights. The incident sparked widespread concern about censorship in science and led to high-profile resignations within the organization.
If being in the good graces of the current administration means you can't express your scientific opinion, then your organization has been corrupted.
- bradleyy
As a Type 1 Diabetic, I just want to say: the diabetes industry is a racket.
I have to repeatedly go to a doctor to get prescription refills for a drug that I have to self-manage. The doctor provides no input day-to-day, where a mis-dose is a death sentence (the first time I nearly put myself into a coma, doc was like "oh yeah that can happen: I can give you glucagon shots as a scrip". Thanks for the heads up!). But cool, to get the drugs that keep me alive, I have to talk to a doctor that will look at my Dexcom charts and mumble some things.
So no surprise that the ADA is a fully industry-captured organization, even though I'm certain that there are good people doing good work for the right reasons.
- handoflixue
Fascinating claim that the scientists were removed for being "Partisan" in distributing information that disagreed with their opening speaker, but of course the opening speaker was somehow completely non-partisan in disagreeing with the banned scientists.
I don't really see how you can possibly have it both ways.
- blueflow
> Ryder added that he and his colleagues were never told what part of the code of conduct that they violated, adding that the meeting organizers did not communicate with them directly before or during the incident.
Probably the average CoC enforcement.
- arjie
Unsurprising that the development of the "CoC Violation" tool as a non-contestable device to shut down discussion turned out to be a brazen bull. It reminds me of the fact that sex crimes auto-convict people as far as the public is concerned. These make them effective devices to alter opinion in the public sphere.
- zem
surprised no one else walked out when that happened