What’s worse to me is the idea of all the scientists who oppose this are now gone, so what kind of scientists are left in the US? It’s not just drain, it’s likely a hard rightward shift of disciplines within the country. Fascism loves a scientist without morals.
We’ve already seen this in medical, with Dr Oz being promoted to a leadership position in the government. And now, since Measles has made a comeback, he’s floundering trying to get a pro-vaccine message out, since oh shit, it turns out traditional doctors who actually listened in med school instead of just paying professors off whilst doing bumps in the dorm room were actually right. Who’da thought?
Go back 20 years. Opioids ruined America and the AMA and FDA did fuck all until far too late. Sackler is still a free billionaire. Lots of MDs got rich off opioids.
What’s worse to me is the idea of all the scientists who oppose this are now gone, so what kind of scientists are left in the US? It’s not just drain, it’s likely a hard rightward shift of disciplines within the country. Fascism loves a scientist without morals.
We’ve already seen this in medical, with Dr Oz being promoted to a leadership position in the government. And now, since Measles has made a comeback, he’s floundering trying to get a pro-vaccine message out, since oh shit, it turns out traditional doctors who actually listened in med school instead of just paying professors off whilst doing bumps in the dorm room were actually right. Who’da thought?
Go back 20 years. Opioids ruined America and the AMA and FDA did fuck all until far too late. Sackler is still a free billionaire. Lots of MDs got rich off opioids.
Well, US biotech and Pharma hardly ever had morals. Most are just looking to cash out rich.