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NIH scientists publish declaration criticizing Trump’s deep cuts in public health research

Some quotes:

"The NIH that I'm working in now is unrecognisable to me. Every day I go into the office and I wonder what ethical boundary I'm going to be asked to violate, what probably illegal actions am I going to be asked to take"

"It's particularly frustrating when we are being sold this lie that this is being done in the name of efficiency. Because when we terminate these studies, when they're 50, 60, 70, 80% complete, we're not saving the 1 or 2 million dollars left at the tail end of the study, we are wasting the 3 or 4 million dollars that have already been invested."