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    Besides drug approval, which is not a measurement in itself, I can attest to this. A large German pharma, has increased their head count from 7 to 40 within a year. They bought a local pharma for 1 billion US dollar and at the same time closed a US facility. The same goes for many other pharmas. You can say what you want about China, but they are investing heavily in science. Because they believe in science. Unlike the current regime of the US.

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        No, we are not. Canadian healthcare is provincial and underfunded by Conservative governments. Also, US medical licenses aren’t worth shit in Canada.

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      Eh, ymmv. Did you know they defunded BioNTech? The developers of what is now the Pfizer Covid vaccine? Covid vaccine research is desperately needed (see vaccine injury) but there is no funding.

      Many EU countries are defunding science. Being a researcher is an absolute nightmare. Brussels is receiving tons more applications for funding because researchers aren’t getting money from their own government anymore. University departments are being shut down.

      People who have been doing scientific and medical research for decades are finding themselves on the streets.

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        BioNTech is definitely not defunded in China. Besides BioNTech, there are more local pharmas working on mRNA. BioNTech have a license / working agreement with BMS worth 2 billion dollars mainly for a mRNA cancer vaccine. Mostly handled in China - again. Because in the US as a scientist you’ll be defunded if you use the word mRNA in your documentation.

        It is generally fucking nuts to block what could be one of the major cancer treatments of the near future.

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        The last thing I heard about Biontech is that the couple founding the company got crazy rich, figured out they don’t like being CEOs of a large company, and founded another small research lab with their money.

        Besides, it is a private company, sure, they got government grants and funding especially during Corona, but I don’t think we should give random companies fucktons of tax money in normal circumstances. At least not while we’re doing the whole market economy capitalism thing.

        That does not mean that science funding isn’t getting cut, I am still a bit salty that it removed my chances of getting a phd. Fighter jets and tanks aren’t free, and neither is pissing billions into the wind because you refuse to persecute fraudsters.

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    That’s so unexpected and weird, did the severed dead raccoon penis not help at all??

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      Was about to make a similar comment lol, you beat me to it. So wild, who in there right mind would say to themselves “I’m gonna cut off that dead raccoons penis for research, ya research “

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        It’s so so much better when you see the full quote. He thought he was the normal one in his family lol. Keep in mind this is his own words from his diary.

        “I was standing in front of my parked car on I-684 cutting the penis out of a road killed raccoon, thinking about how weird some of my family members have turned out to be."

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          I hate whoever got themselves cursed with such interesting times because what the fuck is even happening anymore

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    Is he not directly responsible for defunding a lot of the research and programs that would have helped here? Weird that Captain All-Natural cares about having less drugs than China.

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      Yes, but that’s entirely missing the point here.

      Drug research and development takes decades until final approval. If there is a decrease in the US (or an increase in China), you need to look for cuts (or additional investments) in the early 2000s.

      The damage this idiot has done will not be visible for quite some time…

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        Again though, he cut programs that were in motion so as far as we know stuff could have been decently close and is gone now. Also important is the fact that he’s literally a guy who constantly talks and act like prescription drugs are evil and yet is using China having more of them as a good thing for them and a bad thing for his country.

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    This dude thinks aspirin causes autism but then complains we’re not approving enough drugs. That tapeworm really did a number on this guy.

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    The regime cannot fail, it can only be failed. Those scientists were supposed to do their job of finding evidence for whatever possibly non-metaphorical bug RFK Jr has up his ass on a given day. 🙄

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    “I want to take this opportunity to encourage our scientists to invest more research into the fascinating field of Raccoon penis. I’ll gladly share my findings.”

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    I FIRED all our Scientists and DEFUNDED all our Research because I THOUGHT it would IMPROVE our Research Capabilities!

    -NOT DEI hires!

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    LOL. This cunt shut down the NIH and now laments the lack of new drugs, coming from scientists forced by the US to move to China.

    The raccoon penis isn’t working, Bob.

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    As one of the people who lost their job, doing important & worthwhile work, directly due to the funding cuts of this current administration, I only have a few words: FUCK YOU okay that’s two. So, let’s add PEDOPHILES to the end. FUCK YOU PEDOPHILES.

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      As the wise Ricky would tell them - Fuck, pretty easy to understand. Off, real easy to understand. Fuck off!

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      two technically counts as “a few”, but i’ll allow the addition

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    It’s so weird watching the cognitively impaired elderly because they say 98% random left field nonsense and then the fucking 2% profound revelation statements.

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    That’s what happens when you let everyone know you’re not going to eat your lunch, someone else is going to eat it.