EDITORIAL: Cuts to funding for basic research and staffing at critical institutions threatens the well-being of all Americans
Ed. Note: Wise & Well is committed to the free expression of science-backed insights into health, wellness and wisdom, to help you make tomorrow a little better than today. While we do not normally editorialize, current events compel me, as the publication’s editor, to speak bluntly about governmental attempts to neuter scientific research, expunge existing health and science data from the public record, prevent free speech among scientists, and quash medical research by removing, in the blink of an eye, federal funding that’s served for decades as a foundation propelling America into a leadership role in science and medicine. If you are not a Medium member, you can read the story using this “friend link.”
Whether you believe federal budget cuts to health and science research to be good or bad — for budgetary reasons or otherwise — it may help to understand how they will affect the health of you, your loved ones, and all Americans. If you or someone you know catches as serious contagious disease, or might someday contract a debilitating chronic physical ailment or mental health condition, rest assured the current…