American science right now is basically 10,000 of these stories, all with their own heartbreaking specificity
Lost careers, lost progress, lost discoveries
I feel so sad every day for all we’ve lost and continue to lose 💔
“Dr. Antaki, a biomedical engineer, had been building an artificial heart for babies and young children, a pump the size of a AA battery, and he was getting close. But with his research grants stopped, Dr. Antaki slowly drained his lab’s rainy day funds, and he was forced to lay off all his staff.”
