They mentioned on the radio this morning that U.S. Army developed Zika vaccine, in literal one sentence, and then moved on to their continued in depth reporting of Horrible News ™.
What this tells me:
– media will always ignore or downplay good news, and media that I choose or try to trust is no different
– US Army is apparently in the business of developing vaccines for poor-country diseases that commercial companies don’t care about
– government research is superior to the market driven research
– positive outcomes can happen even when our government spending priorities are grossly askew. So, not all is lost under trump
After I tried to find more on it I couldn’t believe that the French company that they gave the “free” research (funded with *my* taxes!) and asked to make the vaccine is again only thinking about maximizing their profit!
Sanofi rejects U.S. Army request for ‘fair’ pricing for a Zika vaccine – PBS
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