[Mr_Eri_Atlov]

If any entity had a goal to hamstring research progress in America and get away with it, due to it being unnoticeable in the sea of regular shootings and political upheavals, there would be no better time to do so.

[arnz-arnz]

it's the best time for all manner of crimes in fact. It's so sad what a small cabal of lunatics can do.