Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of eliminating the practice of changing the clocks twice a year, instead opting for permanent daylight saving time. The bill, called the Sunshine Protection Act, now moves to the Senate, although it’s not clear when the Senate will vote on it. If approved, it then goes to President Donald Trump, who supports the legislation.
But most medical professionals don’t. Sleep doctors agree that eliminating the changing of the clocks is a good thing, but most doctors and scientists say that permanent daylight saving time isn’t the ideal option.
Randy Nelson, M.D., a professor and Hazel Ruby McQuain Chair for Neurological Research at the West Virginia University School of Medicine, acknowledged there is a “split” between what the general public, business leaders and medical and science experts think is best.
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