How a US government shutdown could disrupt science | Tens of thousands of federal researchers might have to stop work on 1 October — but the shutdown’s effects could ripple well beyond government.

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Good.

If the last almost 4 years has taught us Americans anything, it should be that our higher ed researchers and ops are compromised and corrupted almost beyond fixing and science is no longer the ideal there but Science™ is.

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Unfortunately, a large number of government staff are going to be out of work, while the shutdown continues.

If the shutdown drags on, she says, it could have knock-on effects for scientists outside of government, who might lose access to federally funded experimental facilities or be forced to delay hiring for projects while awaiting grant decisions. Scientists witnessed such impacts in late 2018 and early 2019, when the US government partially shut down for 35 days.

You realize that the US is losing ground in science already. This just adds to that.