Saturday, October 5, 2013

Why the Shutdown Is Hurting All of Us, and Why That Doesn't Matter

America's most visited site in the National Park Service draws 15 million people a year and October is one if the busiest months because of the turning of the leaves. Just don't get the flu next year and you will be OK. I happen to be vetted for a Federal committee that decides on which influenza antigens to use in next year's vaccine. Our research funding has been cut, a moving target, but somewhere between -10 and 25%. I just received an email from one of my more talented post-docs who took a job at FDA as a scientist several years ago. While Nevada Senate candidate Sharon Angle outraged mainstream political observers when she suggested people may start looking for "Second Amendment remedies" to the country's problems, one recent survey showed that nearly half of Republicans believe armed insurrection might be necessary "In the next few years."

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