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The director of the National Institutes of Health said Friday that it would be a “privilege” to remain in that post if asked to stay by President-elect Donald Trump.

“I’m somebody who believes in public service,” Dr. Francis Collins said in an interview with STAT. “If I were asked to stay on, I would consider it a privilege to do so. We have a mission and a vision that is captivating, yeah, I want to be part of that.”

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  • Nothing but a worthless Intelligent Design fundamentalist that shouldn’t be anywhere near anything scientific. His early works as a scientist were great, but he went fundy-religious at some point and became nothing but a clown.

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