The U.s. Government Is Divesting From Mrna Vaccines
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The US government is allegedly divesting from mRNA vaccine research, sparking concerns about the impact on medical advancements, with commenters questioning the story's accuracy and implications.
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They say they want cures, but they won’t accept them if/when they’re delivered.
If your experience with polio is nonexistent, it's easy to dismiss "1 in 1000 people suffer from paralysis" as a small fraction of cases without considering the horrific reality of that paralyzing thousands of people in a city of millions, to say nothing of the other effects.
This is also, I think, related to why doctors are often dismissive of patient concerns - our expectations have shifted, because so few things that occur frequently require active intervention to reduce mortality any more, comparatively.