August 13, 2020

‘We’re Losing An Entire Generation Of Scientists.’ COVID-19’s Economic Toll Hits Latin America Hard-Science Magazine

Across Latin America, researchers have raced to contribute their expertise to the worst public health crisis in a century and demonstrate that several decades of investment in research—including the capacity to run large clinical trials—has paid off. “We basically showed that we have knowledge in the country that can be put to work for the benefit of the society as a whole,” says Aisén Etcheverry, who heads Chile’s National Agency for Research and Development. At the same time, the pandemic has created deep economic and financial problems for the region, which faces a projected 5.3% contraction in gross domestic product this year. The resulting cuts are hitting science hard and threatening hard-won gains. Science Magazine, 08/12/2020