The current leaders of HHS and the NIH blame scientists for the pandemic. Director Bhattacharya, at his first town hall, blamed the NIH for the pandemic. This destruction of the scientific infrastructure of the US is a punishment meted out by angry right wing politicians.

This grad worker was obviously targeted by TPUSA because of her identity and she has no protections because grad workers at OU aren’t unionized and academic administrators are almost universally cowards.

And your rubric will not save you! Nothing you do as an individual will insulate you from these attacks on academic freedom.

I’m really worried I will never get to present at a conference again