Treffer: March for Science: Sign reading 'Got plague? Me neither. Because science!', E. Pine St. at Belmont Ave., Seattle, Washington, April 22, 2017

Text on sign reads: "Got plague? Me neither. Because science! [with an image of skeletons dancing around a grave]". Surrounding the edge of the sign, in very small letters, is the text to a famous scene from the 1975 comedic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. In the scene, a man tries to pass off his elderly relative as dead, all the while the elderly relative is protesting that he is not, in fact, dead. PH Coll 1478. KinseyK103 ; The Seattle March for Science occurred on April 22, 2017. This date was chosen because April 22 is also Earth Day. According to organizers, as many as 20,000 people attended the march, which began at 10 a.m. in Cal Anderson Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. The march culminated at the International Fountain at the Seattle Center. The March for Science in Seattle was one of more than 500 similar marches taking place across the United States. Demonstrators marched in support of “robustly funded and publicly communicated science and evidence as a pillar of human freedom and prosperity” and also called “for science that upholds the common good, and for political leaders and policymakers to enact evidence-based policies in the public interest”, according to a statement put out by march organizers. Washington Governor Jay Inslee and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray came out to show their support. ; Science