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Under the conditions being created by Trump's administration, that will only last so long. If vaccines are no longer being researched, then it doesn't matter h
by danaris 1y ago
Under the conditions being created by Trump's administration, that will only last so long.
If vaccines are no longer being researched, then it doesn't matter how much money you have: you can't buy what doesn't exist.
If all the nonwhite scientists and doctors are being rounded up and deported or put in camps, that sharply reduces the speed at which any kind of new medical progress will continue.
If all the international students are being kept out—or staying out in fear of ICE—there's fewer new scientists.
And if every college has to pay 500 million to Trump out of operating funds to get 1 billion in restricted grants, pretty soon there won't be any left to train the scientists and doctors anyway, whatever their skin color.
What's happening right now isn't just a retrenchment of the elite in order to protect their private interests at everyone's expense. They're trying to do that, too, of course, but this is much too broad. It's essentially just destroying the possibility of a stable, healthy, improving life in the United States for the foreseeable future for everyone.
- pavel_lishin 1y ago> It's essentially just destroying the possibility of a stable, healthy, improving life in the United States for the foreseeable future for everyone. But research is being done in other countries, and healthcare research continues there. And for them, new treatments - including treatments that can be researched at private institutions, paid for by them - are within reach.
- TehCorwiz 1y agoAnd the tariffs, visa restrictions, limitation on scientific publications if you take federal grant money, will all prevent any of that from reaching us.
- pavel_lishin 1y agoYes. But not them.
- danaris 1y agoYes, but the loss of research, and research funding, here will undoubtedly be a huge blow to its speed and quality worldwide.