It’s an Emergency Situation
Cuts to science are reigniting ancient health problems while crippling response capabilities
The news for science, universities, and libraries these past few weeks has been alarming and depressing. Massive cuts at the CDC and across other science agencies. Scientists sidelined. Library and museum grants put on ice.
The design of the US government is failing, as the legislative branch is dominated by complicit toadies and the judicial branch lacks enforcement muscle while a reckless and destructive executive branch goes on a rampage. The idea of a “balance of powers” has been rendered irrelevant.
What this means for scientific and scholarly publishers may be equally as bleak:
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