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[–] [S] 196 points 6 months ago (16 children)

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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  • [–] 79 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Canada is hiring American doctors left right and center.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago*

    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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  • [–] [S] 7 points 6 months ago

    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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  • [–] 42 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    I still don't really trust China, it's more reliable than the US regime (minus Democratic areas) rn, but still, that's a low bar.

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  • [+] -8 points 6 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 27 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Adding green energy at 8x the rate of the USA with a total of 3.89 terawatts, which is 3x larger than the entire USA energy grid, and accounting over 30% of the worlds spending towards green energy while the USA has less than 25% of the grid as green energy

    Essentially ending homelessness

    A notably lower prison population than the USA despite like 6x the population

    A minimum wage set by provinces who are heavily encouraged to give increases every few years tied to inflation and cost of living

    Actually working to shift a fee for service healthcare system to a socialized model with significant progress occurring

    No airstrikes, bombings of another country, or declared wars since 1979. Even in terms of proxy wars post 1979 has been far more about economic support and diplomacy than shipping weapons

    Etc etc but yes Xi and Trump are equivalent because they have a social credit score and government surveillance. That’s definitely not like the America, who has just normal credit scores, palantir, and a large chunk of your tax money funding proxy wars (and now actual war) instead of maintaining critical infrastructure or any quality of life improvements for its people.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago*

    Both suck but in different ways, meaning that there are lots of ways in which China is better than the USA and lots of ways in which the USA is better than China.

    Politics is multifaceted, "better" depends on many things and is not a very good general descriptor.

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  • [–] 102 points 6 months ago
    [–] 64 points 6 months ago (4 children)

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

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 43 points 6 months ago

    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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  • [–] 39 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    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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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Axchually he said it's acetaminophen what somehow causes autism

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Then he said it didn't.

    So much accomplished.

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  • [–] 37 points 6 months ago

    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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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago

    Cancer mad it's killing the host.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (12 children)

    These people have the self awareness of a rock.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    They also believe a rock can think like a human so...

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (8 children)

    When are you going to realise they are completely self aware, completely disingenuous, and speak to gain power or achieve objectives rather than make a coherent point.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago* (7 children)

    For the record, I fully do not believe that RFK Jr. is remotely self-aware, nor is Trump for that matter. There absolutely are self-aware individuals in the administration who are as you describe, no doubt, but I do not believe those two are among them.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (6 children)

    I dont understand why people keep underestimating them. This is all a song and dance to keep their base happy and everyone thinking they're stupid. Ever wonder why they keep winning, even though everyone calls thethem stupid? Never underestimate your enemy.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (5 children)
  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (4 children)

    One of the highest positions in the US and absolute carte blanche to implement whatever whacked out health shit he wants. Probably the most fun hes ever had.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (3 children)

    So you're talking out of your ass. Got it.

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  • [–] 24 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    “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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  • [–] 23 points 6 months ago

    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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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 22 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    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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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago

    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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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago

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

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  • [–] 20 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    This cunt is a child killer. Not through negligence, but deliberately and intentionally.

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  • [+] 23 points 6 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 18 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Oh man. The US has lost its edge in everything. Its a real shit show.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (2 children)

    Excuse me? We're still the best at mounting flags in the backs of pickup trucks.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Well ackshually...

    Here in Australia our servos (seppo: gas stations) sell this little plastic flags that clip on to your window or door frame. Dickheads can easily self identify by attaching two of these to their fucktard conveyance machine.

    I'm sorry to tell you that toxic patriotism technologies have progressed beyond flags in the backs of pickup trucks.

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  • [–] 16 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (5 children)

    that's a weird metric to look at because drug approval happens only like, 5-15 years after end of preclinical research, sometimes longer

    clinical trials also take fuckton of money but this might be also post-2008 cuts that we only see effects of now

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    It is indeed not the current administration that led to this.
    It certainly won't help but that is not the cause, neither is the 2008 one.
    China has been advancing in plenty fields for a few decades now.
    They have already caught up or surpassed others in plenty fields.
    Americans are clinging to their USA nr 1 mantra, but that's delusional.
    They refuse to accept to the fact they already have been beaten and there is nothing they can do about it.
    Despite banning and sanctions China has a massive lead in nearly all crucial tech fields.
    The gap will only become bigger.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)

    The funniest thing is that all the while China is the largest creditor of USA by far, and USA has had foreign investment pouring in overall all those decades.

    USA had the money not just to maintain but rapidly advance, and a head start. To bite the dust in this situation is some serious incompetence.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    RFK Jr would like to remove scientific scrutiny from the drug approval process, which is the agenda of pharma companies. He's already been successful with this in the med device space using the same argument.

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  • [–] 15 points 6 months ago
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    China: Eats lunch

    RFK Jr.: "THAT'S MINE!"

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry, you have misunderstood his words, he doesn't want better drugs or safer drugs, he wants more drugs approved, fewer hurdles to sell his buddies snake oil

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  • [–] 11 points 6 months ago

    Kinda feels like he's angling to reduce FDA oversight with this one?

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    God I hope China actually does create a virus to wipe out the antivax dumbasses.

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  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago

    I think covid might have put a pin in anyone planning to try to take the world using a virus. Two main problems:

    1. Once the virus is out in the wild, it is out of anyone's control. It will evolve in whatever direction it will. Maybe it will escape the vaccines developed to keep their side alive. Maybe it will just become less deadly before it kills off enough people to collapse the enemy's base.
    2. It looks like our immune systems are pretty good actually and those who get sick might just be the tip of the iceberg while most of the population gets immunity from asymptomatic infection.

    These two items work against each other. If you try to make a virus that will infect the entire herd, it might be more likely to also be able to attack you regardless of what vaccines you have. If you try to make a virus that won't be able to escape your vaccine's immunity, then the herd might just develop immunity themselves and the virus dies out after only killing a small portion of the population.

    So given that, I don't think a weaponized virus is an effective tool to eliminate enemies with because it's both too risky and too unreliable.

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  • [–] 10 points 6 months ago

    Break everything.

    Blame others to get elected.

    Break everything.

    Blame others to get elected.

    Break everything.

    Blame others to get elected.

    Break everything.

    Blame others ot get elected.

    The Republican way.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago

    If only our government encouraged drug research and funded studies and trials. Oh wait, we did that, and RFK, Jr cancelled them all.

    Its all the Dems fault! They screwed us AGAIN!

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago*

    Soon a new trump tweet:

    FAKE NEWS MEDIA won’t tell you this, but GREAT American Scientists just CRUSHED the number of DEADLY DRUGS pouring into OUR Country! DOWN BIG LEAGUE! China, you POISONOUS SCUMBAGS, STOP making your NEW KILLER DRUGS and MURDERING our Precious CHILDREN! We’re WINNING like NEVER BEFORE! MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN! 🇺🇸

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago
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    • panik : they got more drugs approved
    • kalm : we don't believe in medicine or drugs, we're antivaxxx
    • naturopathy - raw milk can cure cancer and any other disease known to man
    • tankie : their vaccines cause aids
    • tankie 2 : the drugs are approved but they don't exist
    • murican exceptionalism : our drugs are bigger, better, more expensive and cause more dependency
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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago*
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