Carl Zimmer
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That's absurd. Then the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's climate science program, that is being proposed to be shut down. Just shut down. Fully, fully. Shut down. The EPA. At the EPA, they have research scientists who do science to understand the threats to human health. There's movements to have all 1,000 of them laid off.
The EPA will not have a research science staff if this follows through. You know, the Centers for Disease Control, for example. Center for Disease Control used to have an office full of experts on lead poisoning. And in fact, Milwaukee has just had a lead poisoning emergency and they would like to have CDC send their experts. There are no lead poisoning experts at the CDC.
The EPA will not have a research science staff if this follows through. You know, the Centers for Disease Control, for example. Center for Disease Control used to have an office full of experts on lead poisoning. And in fact, Milwaukee has just had a lead poisoning emergency and they would like to have CDC send their experts. There are no lead poisoning experts at the CDC.
The EPA will not have a research science staff if this follows through. You know, the Centers for Disease Control, for example. Center for Disease Control used to have an office full of experts on lead poisoning. And in fact, Milwaukee has just had a lead poisoning emergency and they would like to have CDC send their experts. There are no lead poisoning experts at the CDC.
Yeah, NSF, their proposal is to cut it in half. Half. And Department of Health and Human Services. That's the department that houses the National Institutes of Health. 10,000 people have been fired. That has included lots of people involved in doing basic research on biomedicine.
Yeah, NSF, their proposal is to cut it in half. Half. And Department of Health and Human Services. That's the department that houses the National Institutes of Health. 10,000 people have been fired. That has included lots of people involved in doing basic research on biomedicine.
Yeah, NSF, their proposal is to cut it in half. Half. And Department of Health and Human Services. That's the department that houses the National Institutes of Health. 10,000 people have been fired. That has included lots of people involved in doing basic research on biomedicine.
Trying to make a coronavirus vaccine that is going to be able to give us some protection against other strains of COVID or maybe some entirely new coronavirus.
Trying to make a coronavirus vaccine that is going to be able to give us some protection against other strains of COVID or maybe some entirely new coronavirus.
Trying to make a coronavirus vaccine that is going to be able to give us some protection against other strains of COVID or maybe some entirely new coronavirus.
They've made a lot of progress, and a lot of that progress came with a deeper understanding of how the immune system works. So they've learned a lot of basic science along the way, and it has been delivering a lot of promise.
They've made a lot of progress, and a lot of that progress came with a deeper understanding of how the immune system works. So they've learned a lot of basic science along the way, and it has been delivering a lot of promise.
They've made a lot of progress, and a lot of that progress came with a deeper understanding of how the immune system works. So they've learned a lot of basic science along the way, and it has been delivering a lot of promise.
And that grant has just been pulled with no explanation. That research is now over. There are projects looking for antivirals for a range of different viruses that might start the next pandemic. That's been canceled too. And those scientists aren't even sure if they'll be able to write up their results. Like you may not find out what they've done. There's just too many to choose from.
And that grant has just been pulled with no explanation. That research is now over. There are projects looking for antivirals for a range of different viruses that might start the next pandemic. That's been canceled too. And those scientists aren't even sure if they'll be able to write up their results. Like you may not find out what they've done. There's just too many to choose from.
And that grant has just been pulled with no explanation. That research is now over. There are projects looking for antivirals for a range of different viruses that might start the next pandemic. That's been canceled too. And those scientists aren't even sure if they'll be able to write up their results. Like you may not find out what they've done. There's just too many to choose from.
I mean, I've been talking with a researcher who has, you know, a massive program on understanding tuberculosis and the immune system. You know, this is the most deadly infectious disease we have these days. It kills over a million people a year. His grant was canceled and honestly, he's not sure why.