One of the NIH funded research projects that has been bandied about with much glee from the right wing, in the wake of Francis Collins’ unfortunate assertion about Ebola research and the flatlined NIH budget, is the “Origami Condom”. It shows why NIH Director Collins should have known better. The Origami Condom sounds trivial and ridiculous, right? “Origami”. hahah. Oooh, “condom”. Wait, what are we, 12 year olds?

Rand Paul provides a convenient example.
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