Researcher says Americans have two choices: 'protect ourselves' or 'act stupid and risk death'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

I worry about America — but for different reasons than many do.

I worry because at a time when we need more money spent on science, when we need, for example, more money for research into viruses, some in Washington want to cut the proposed budget for the National Science Foundation.

The foundation is a main source for funding university research in this nation. President Joe Biden proposed a National Science Foundation budget for next year of more than $10 billion – not nearly enough, but up from the $8.5 billion of the year before.

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With more than 790,000 in this nation dead from the coronavirus, and the threat of other viruses very real, we need more, not less scientific research. It is true that until now, the thrust of that research has been devoted too much to weapons and not enough to medicine.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/researcher-says-americans-two-choices-110709423.html

[alwaysinasnit]

1. Apparently, our congress critters prefer to spend $$$ on our already bloated defense budget.

[Hoyt]

2. I do not know, but are they cutting NSF budget within a larger research budget?

Or is all research cut?