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Thousands of federal workers are set to be purged by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to a report.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

force them all into the private sector where conclusions come from CEO instead of research

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Private sector is gonna collapse too. No appetite for the kind of risky long-shot research the public sector does. Private sector is only good at monetizing proven solutions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Not true, they'll monetize fake solutions too!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sad that american will soon have to use vpn to get valid scientific research from outside the great firewall ( or whatever name musk give to is version of that )

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago

Bonus: everyone already has a VPN to access porn because of Republicans

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

That's going to keep us HEALTHY!