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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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.
I'm sure they will carry on the world hegemon tradition of being generally contemptible.
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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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That's so unexpected and weird, did the severed dead raccoon penis not help at all??
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 “
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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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.
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...
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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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. 🙄
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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“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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Cancer mad it's killing the host.
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.
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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These people have the self awareness of a rock.
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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This cunt is a child killer. Not through negligence, but deliberately and intentionally.
I think you can call him a mass murderer at this rate.
China isn't perfect, but they got some good ideas.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jul/11/china.jonathanwatts
Sheesh, these Godless commies, judicially executing someone for corruption? In Maga America they extra judicially execute you for being brown/at a protest as god intended.
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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.
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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Oh man. The US has lost its edge in everything. Its a real shit show.
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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
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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The lines must go up metric
China: Eats lunch
RFK Jr.: "THAT'S MINE!"
That's what happens when you let everyone know you're not going to eat your lunch, someone else is going to eat it.
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.
God I hope China actually does create a virus to wipe out the antivax dumbasses.
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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
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!
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
This is the point everyone misses. Hes not asking for more medical research to be done, hes asking for the standards for approval to be lowered or eliminated.
Kinda feels like he's angling to reduce FDA oversight with this one?
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