Scientists sound alarm on Trump administration’s dismantling of research funding

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Nearly 2,000 doctors, scientists, and researchers have published an open letter expressing deep concern over the Trump Administration’s “wholesale assault on US science” [00:00].
The letter cites the administration’s cuts to tens of thousands of jobs across the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the scrapping of billions of dollars in scientific grants [00:17].
Dr. Steven Wolf, one of the letter’s authors, warns that these policies are decimating the nation’s scientific enterprise, which will slow down the discovery of new treatments for diseases and cause the U.S. to lose its scientific edge [00:59].
Dr. Wolf also expresses concern about the pushing out of top scientists and their replacement with individuals who are more aligned with the administration’s ideological and partisan agenda [03:37].
He notes a “climate of fear” among research institutions and universities, whose leaders are hesitant to speak out openly due to financial and legal pressures [04:40].