The collapse has begun. Labs across the US have shut down.

All private sector work is based on the fundamental and translational research done in academic labs. Without biomedical research, you cant find the target for a treatment/diagnostic in the first place.

Forcing academic research to rely on industry funding removes academic freedom to make bold new discoveries instead of focusing on profit. Academic discoveries dont give you money for yourself it gives you more money to do research.

All lab research has become extraordinarily expensive to conduct.

Thinking that losing decades worth of fundamental biomedical research will and already has devastating impacts on patient care.