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First they came for the scientists

First they came for the scientists

Clinical trials canceled; NIH gagged; NSF on pause; an abrupt silence at the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report; HIV drugs denied: what is to be done?

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Deborah Copaken
Jan 29, 2025
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I, like our country, have been sick since the inauguration. Was it the Nazi salute? The Inspectors General purge? An alcoholic rapist with white nationalist tattoos being put in charge of our army? The firehose of ICE raids and illegal directives that will gum up our courts for years? Or was it just a run-of-the-mill germy subway pole I might have accid…

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