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Before covid kicked in on full scale I worked in a med-tech startup. We had a product that orchestrated full delivery of cancer drugs, some personalised research-type drugs produced only for a single patient, we supported 2 CRISPR researches on other drugs. First, clinics in US were closed, then transport companies (specialised drug-delivery planes with freezers), at this point we knew that cancer patients will be 3rd class patients and will eventually die without treatment, likely in pain. Patients weren't allowed in to clinics to prevent them getting covid, as they were high risk (as in health and financially, for the research).

Next week the company lost financial support, 100 devs and 70 testers were made redundant. Investors and board members handled redundancy particularly bad, burnt bridges with employees who were there for the mission. Pretty much all moved to fin-tech. No one I keep contact with is thinking about getting there back with our unique knowledge of the product and industry.