It’s still very important to take a stand and speak out. Even if that in itself is not enough, it’s still necessary. Putting out this statement doesn’t mean that’s the only thing they’re doing. When fighting for a cause you have to state your principles, call out the problems you see, and motivate others to join you in the cause.

“The nation’s scientific enterprise is being annihilated and the silence of too many of our scientific leaders is only making the ongoing catastrophe worse,” said Dr Robert Steinbrook, health research group director at Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. “The ‘SOS’ signal from 1,900 scientists must be a wake-up call for our leading scientific and medical organizations to show courage and speak out at this critical moment,” he said. “If scientists and scientific and medical organizations will not forcefully speak out in defense of science and public health, who will? There is no alternative.”

Responses in this thread dismissing people for speaking out is worse than doing nothing. If you aren’t going to do something, at least don’t disparage others for doing what they can.