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Science is a non-essential government function… apparently

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It couldn’t be more grimly ironic that science and medicine are being obstructed by a stalemate over payment for health care. Here’s a short message to America from the UK on universal health care, that’s worth chewing over:

Thanks to @Phylogenomics for the screenshot collection and Dan Bull for the video.

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