Feeling hopeless as a citizen- what else can we do other than protest and write our congresspeople ?

If you want to understand more, please read:

meilanhan.substack.com/p/the-unmaki...

-by Dr. MeiLan Han, a Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at the University of Michigan Health.

The vote for NIH indirect funding is this week - call your congressman.

4/4 It is less the immediate consequences I worry about. The ripple effects that will be felt years from now worry me most.

Every breakthrough in diagnostics, treatment, and prevention stems from years of research—much of it funded by the NIH. The scientists in this country are not OK."

3/4 can run clinical trials and take care of patients with complicated conditions are more at risk than they have ever been in my lifetime. Our universities and academic health systems are about to undergo a stress test on the system of a similar magnitude to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2/4multiple funded projects have been pulled, and crucial databases that monitor public health are disappearing. Across the country, biomedical graduate programs for the upcoming year have either been curtailed or canceled completely. The future of medical research and medical experts who

Activities to be halted are any “implicated by the executive orders, including $ assistance for foreign aid, nongov orgs, DEI, woke gender ideology, & the green new deal.”

The late-night order sent officials at schools, hospitals, nonprofit organizations, research companies into a frantic scramble

public health is needed today, tomorrow, and every day after that.

Stay steady, stay engaged, and keep your eye on the ball. The health of 330 million Americans depends on it.”

- Katelyn Jetelina MPH, PhD
Epidemiologist