What these nihilistic vandals are doing to dismantle science & medicine—generations of expertise & public service & life improving benefits—is cultural revolution level national self harm. No foreign foe could inflict such brutal damage & senseless suffering on US so fast & effectively & unresisted.

— Philip Gourevitch (@pgourevitch.bsky.social) February 14, 2025 at 8:10 PM

This kind of damage will take 50-80 years to recover from, if it happens at all. At this rate, we don’t have a hope against China.