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by kennywinker 2013 days ago
Even for the staunchest capitalist, covid has clearly outlined that we need medical research that is separated from market forces. After sars 1 was controlled, research in this area was all but dropped - despite virologists warning that it was just a matter of time before... well, this.

Medical research needs to be driven by what can help people, not by what can make the most money.
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denimnerd42 2013 days ago
PPE too. We still don't have N95s for the public or in some areas even the medical professionals.

If we had a different administration in the USA we may have been able to conquer that quickly with sheer cash and coordination since the knowledge how to build melt blown N95 machines is there. For whatever reason we just didn't.

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