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JanMichael

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6. Add the loss of research $$ & the brain drain to other countries

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Thu Apr 24, 2025, 06:14 AM

Apr 2025

And we are going back to the 19th century.

We have a neighbor that just got their PhD in some disease research area of science who can't find a job now. Several companies and universities that had tons of good openings have dried up with NIH money taken away by the orange blob. Is thinking about going to to EU which is booming with research jobs.

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Hoping for a New Drug to Cure Your Terminal Illness? Fuggetaboutit, the FDA is gutted. [View all] NNadir Apr 2025 OP

You'll get a shit-ton of snake oil and scams, though, which is what TCF, RFKJr, et al are about. RockRaven Apr 2025 #1

You got that right. Cheap carny barkers. NNadir Apr 2025 #2

One problem with this that "they" don't seem to have realized yet Meowmee Apr 2025 #3

And another thing: "compounded versions" TommyT139 Apr 2025 #4

The operative thing is that clinical trials for new drugs, that cannot be legally sold, cannot be reviewed. NNadir Apr 2025 #7

Enormous indeed TommyT139 Apr 2025 #8

Filings are now electronic largely. It is not just filings that are affected. NNadir Apr 2025 #9

"dangerous immigrant who has worked tirelessly to destroy the United States" ... we seem to have a few of those. eppur_se_muova Apr 2025 #5

Add the loss of research $$ & the brain drain to other countries JanMichael Apr 2025 #6

The brain drain we'll experience will rival that of Germany in the 1930s. NNadir Apr 2025 #10