they are not just ending careers with these layoffs, the functional result is going cauterize entire career *paths.* you cannot possibly overstate the damage these layoffs are doing to the ability for anyone to have a career of "being a scientist" in this country.
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They are stupid in a lot of ways but mostly they are evil.
Will they return?
Why would they?
My grandparents were proud to see a man on the moon. They were proud that this country developed new medications and vaccinations.
Now look at us.
I work with physicists who have had to pause their research due to grant pauses and cancellations.
What a sad time to be a scientist/engineer.
And why CA is offering a fasttrack citizenship path for US nurses and doctors.