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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You saw what they did to the NIH... why bother?[/quote]

That will go back at some point when these corrupt incompetent men leave the White House.

I saw a documentary on the Thalidomide drug that was developed by ex-Nazi war criminals in the 1950s that helped pregnant women with nausea.  It turned out to cause horrific birth defects where babies were born with no legs or arms or shortened misshapen arms.  This started in Germany, it was then sold to England and Canada.  The Nazi company knew of the side effect but kept it quiet because they were getting very rich.

Thanks to Dr. Frances Kelsey from the FDA, Thalidomide was never approved in the US.  
In 1960,  Dr.  Kelsey halted the drug's approval process, citing inadequate safety data, which averted a major public health tragedy in the United States.  She faced enormous pressure from the drug company and lobbyists along with bribes and death threats. She stayed strong.

Trump has gutted the FDA.  Without hesitation thalidomide would be approved by Trump and he would have fired the doctors.   We need doctors like Dr. Kelsey and scientists who will stay true.  Young people have to bother.  Plus if all anyone is doing is moving money around our economy will be shattered.

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Saying "it will come back" does not give people comfort that they can build a successful and secure  stable life for themselves and their family. The security of a lot of those fed and fed-adjacent or funded jobs is gone. Yes that impacts the next generation as well.

I am in a "passion" field and I hate it. The swings are awful. I'm depressed and I can't unplug from tht regular news or the nonstop news related to my area. I wish I worked on something I didn't care about -- accounting?? -- and the job was just a job and not part of the bigger political mess.
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