Darkness descends on NIH
I haven’t seen it covered much in the media, there’s so much going on so it makes sense. But I just wanted to share that there’s a long list of stuff we aren’t allowed to do as of this week: -can’t communicate with the public, not even at conferences -if we make slides for external meetings (once we’re allowed to I guess), our slides have to be approved by a ‘presidential appointee’ -as of today, we cannot make purchases this one is huge because we can’t buy anything new we might need for experiments -no travel allowed, even to other NIH campuses
There’s a few more things. I’ve attached a screenshot of an email that lists all the restrictions in plain language. I don’t have words to describe my level of anxiety. I love working here as a scientist, anywhere has its flaws but people are generally so kind here and committed to being of service to the public. This fucking hurts, trying not to be overwhelmed by anxiety.
I haven’t seen it covered much in the media, there’s so much going on so it makes sense. But I just wanted to share that there’s a long list of stuff we aren’t allowed to do as of this week: -can’t communicate with the public, not even at conferences -if we make slides for external meetings (once we’re allowed to I guess), our slides have to be approved by a ‘presidential appointee’ -as of today, we cannot make purchases this one is huge because we can’t buy anything new we might need for experiments -no travel allowed, even to other NIH campuses
There’s a few more things. I’ve attached a screenshot of an email that lists all the restrictions in plain language. I don’t have words to describe my level of anxiety. I love working here as a scientist, anywhere has its flaws but people are generally so kind here and committed to being of service to the public. This fucking hurts, trying not to be overwhelmed by anxiety.