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Michaelos comments on Should effective altruists care about the US gov't shutdown and can we do anything? - Less Wrong Discussion

-2 Post author: Ishaan 01 October 2013 08:24PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2013 02:12:21PM 2 points [-]

I did hear about this. Yes, those people were generally considered essential, so they get to work. Article link that mentions this:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/01/228208246/the-shutdown-s-squeeze-on-science-and-health

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 04 October 2013 09:54:50PM 1 point [-]

I just heard a radio report which said that animals are being taken care of, but the results of experiments aren't being collected.

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