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My partner works in a cancer clinic at a major university hospital. The staff is terrified of what is to come and this looks like the first domino. Without rese
by soared 2y ago
My partner works in a cancer clinic at a major university hospital. The staff is terrified of what is to come and this looks like the first domino. Without research grants a critical stepping stone in medicals careers will go missing, along with research into new medicine and treatments. Relying on pharmaceutical companies to take on this research doesn't make sense - a lot of research isn't even about treatment but managing side affects, improving quality of life, testing existing medicines, etc. Very concerned for what will happen here.
- pfisherman 2y agoAdding to that — the mission of academic research centers is to train the next generation of researchers. PIs use this money to fund grad student and postdoc positions in their labs.
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- TylerE 2y agoThis is like treating a nosebleed by chopping your leg off.
- fallingknife 2y agoIt likely wasn't but here's a link to people how actually debate why instead of screaming racism https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/practically-a-book-review-rootclaim https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/practically-a-book-review-r...
- fallingknife 2y ago[flagged]
- Facemelters 2y agothat conclusion does not follow
- TOMDM 2y agoJust a short pause to your circulatory system, clearly it's the system at fault. A weakness in a system that can only be exploited by malice from those in power isn't necessarily something we can always expect to protect against, and at most only mitigate.
- fallingknife 2y agoThis is a bureaucracy not a circulatory system
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- TOMDM 2y agoThen why not point out the flaw in the argument instead of gesturing vaguely at a metaphor. It seems you only want to go after points like that instead of engaging with the central point of anyone's actual arguments. Reducing every argument to a lab on "it's last legs", or a mismatch in a metaphor that's not central to the point being made. If you want to argue to quiet that little voice in your head I suppose it might work, but if you actually care about the truth of the matter or even just understanding why people are saying what they're saying then you've lost the plot entirely.
- gopher_space 2y agoMy friends in Bio are actively being recruited by "Europe in general", and the big pitch is that there aren't any Republicans or school shootings. America has no answer to that. Of course it works. Every young couple considers the deal.
- mkoubaa 2y agoCancer research anywhere is cancer research everywhere
- lightbendover 2y agoExcept middle America, where the populace would find a reason to be distrustful of a straight up cure.
- readthenotes1 2y agoI have a family member who buys supplements off YouTube video recommendations because they straight-up cure cancer. I really with hen would be more distrustful
- WorkerBee28474 2y agoHave they seen European salaries?
- potatoicecoffee 2y agothe american counteroffer sounds like zero and declining quality of living tho
- DaiPlusPlus 2y agoThe salary for work in the US is $0.00 if NIH grants don’t get approved. Even if grants were resumed tomorrow, the fact they ever paused, at all, for capricious political reasons, means there isn’t good job security, even if the salary is good.
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- timewizard 2y ago> Relying on pharmaceutical companies to take on this research doesn't make sense Which is frustrating to read because I don't think their pricing model makes any sense either.