Hunch: The cuts in NIH indirect research costs will cause a real backlash. It's not just that medical research will be hurt. Those funds support many people of all incomes directly and indirectly. And the suddenness and lack of consultation makes it seem arbitrary, as it was.
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Where would ozempic be w/o basic research on the gila monster.
(Roughly 1 in 10 Americans have type 2 diabetes.)
https://medicine.uq.edu.au/article/2024/04/rise-ozempic-how-surprise-discoveries-and-lizard-venom-led-new-class-weight-loss-drugs
https://globalnews.ca/news/9793403/ozempic-canada-scientist-venomous-lizard-weight-loss/
https://bsky.app/profile/archstreet.bsky.social/post/3lhmvslygsk2f
It’s crying bc Alabama gets tons of blue state cash for NIH hospitals and the whole state
The impact on companies that supply the NIH program will run the gamut
Medical supply lab supply data infrastructure survey companies and on and on
It’s huge and it will have an impact everywhere.
Don't they realize the impact this will have?
https://5calls.org
We are about to discover how essential this invisible web of support was.
Not only is Trump doing terrible things, he is doing them in a way that upsets and annoys as many people as possible.
I hope every member of congress is getting flooded with complaints.
No more thought given by either.