Mikhail Varshavski: “Labs are being shut down. That takes time.”

“How long do you think it would take to even get back to where we were before this administration took back power? A decade? If I'm being optimistic, it's that much of a setback. Labs are being shut down. That takes time. Think about anything that needs to happen on a government front. How slow and glacially painful that process is.” (12:56–13:01)

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