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josefritzishere 9 hours ago [-]
Setting Hanlon's razor aside, at some point, you have to consider the other possibility; That it is malice, and that the destruction is intentional and serves the goals of other other parties.
atemerev 8 hours ago [-]
Sometimes, a tiny drop of malice could explain oceans of assumed incompetence
(Occam's razor beats Hanlon's razor)
pvaldes 14 hours ago [-]
"During Trump’s second term, DOGE cuts led to the firing or retirement of an estimated 75% of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality staff".
The damage done is deep and cuts to the bone.
> Pharma does not fund research [that does not pay back]
Fortunately we have public research. Public and private research are totally different beasts in nature. Most of the science done in the planet is public (and underfunded or free), and can explore where pharma does not dare to enter.
Ironically, most MAGA are on the group with higher risk to die for lack of the public healthcare research that they still refuse to fund. They put their lives and hopes on the private research, unaware that most of them will not be able to afford it.
mieses 13 hours ago [-]
Which of the 2 totally different beasts are the "Public-Private Partnerships" like Fauci NIH funded, to give one example?
It's definitely true that public research is underfunded. It would also need better leadership for more funding to matter.
Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
pvaldes 12 hours ago [-]
> Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
Don't move the goalposts. I said affordability, not trust.
People that don't "trust" science, will simply miss the benefits of trusting science. Period.
And yes, some will die for refusing to wear a mask, or will drink bleach, and 106000 people will die each year for refusing to take the measles vaccine. Very sad.
The rest of us will keep with our lives.
Sorry if it sounds too harsh, but this people actively supported to destroy the lives of thousands of researchers. Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices. We have too much urgent problems to solve, and life is too short.
This people finally failed the test and is (emphatically) NOT scientists fault. They were given a million chances.
HWR_14 8 hours ago [-]
For measles the damage is not going to be limited to vaccine deniers. Herd immunity is important for everyone.
jmclnx 10 hours ago [-]
>Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices
And the younger scientists ? They are activity looking abroad for work with support of Countries in Europe, Canada and even China. They will never come back because they will be unable to trust the US Federal Gov.
jmclnx 10 hours ago [-]
Does not take a scientist to know Trump's admin handed the US Lead in all Medical Research to China over the last 2 years.
So since the US lost the lead in Medical Research, time to end Obamacare by destroying funding and firing federal workers that are involved with the nation's health.
spiderfarmer 7 hours ago [-]
How on earth are citizens of the USA putting up with this. Don’t they realize how utterly moronic this administration is? The list with embarrassing failures is so long now, it boggles my mind. The fact that the streets are empty makes everyone complicit, not just those that drank the Koolaid.
pstuart 2 hours ago [-]
We know and hate everything about it but are individually powerless to affect change. The game is rigged.
It is a significant emotional drain to keep watch of the state of things, but I can't look away.
sarah2345 58 minutes ago [-]
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mieses 14 hours ago [-]
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_joel 13 hours ago [-]
Maybe pharmacology works better than chopping of dead racoon penises, or swimming in sewage?
mieses 13 hours ago [-]
we'll never know
_joel 13 hours ago [-]
oh, we do.
jasonvorhe 14 hours ago [-]
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nicman23 13 hours ago [-]
i mean if they blasted him then all is ok
IAmBroom 10 hours ago [-]
What more do you expect them to do? Hire a hit man, storm the Capitol, send someone with a rubber mask to impersonate RFK Jr? (OK, the way he looks, that last one...)
nicman23 6 hours ago [-]
their jobs mostly
13 hours ago [-]
gorgoiler 13 hours ago [-]
A single source article where the “source” is just a URL!
Would’ve been nice to see a few quotes. Come on, Ars!
adjejmxbdjdn 10 hours ago [-]
Your comment is factually wrong.
There are at least 3 sources to this article.
1 is the proximate opinion piece that you’ve linked to.
There’s also a link to a letter signed by 30 lawmakers and excerpts from that latter.
Then there’s a link to previous Ars coverage which discusses a different study altogether.
gorgoiler 9 hours ago [-]
(1) Ars quoting Ars isn’t a source.
(2) You might be correct that Ars quoting Senators might be a “source”? I think it’s just more muddying, and, in the spirit of my complaint, certainly doesn’t count as original journalism.
I stand by my point that this Ars article is at best overly lightly under researched, and at worst a bit bollocks.
rogermungo 10 hours ago [-]
Healthcare research.. a way for Big Pharma to extract more cash from hapless citizens..
(Occam's razor beats Hanlon's razor)
The damage done is deep and cuts to the bone.
> Pharma does not fund research [that does not pay back]
Fortunately we have public research. Public and private research are totally different beasts in nature. Most of the science done in the planet is public (and underfunded or free), and can explore where pharma does not dare to enter.
Ironically, most MAGA are on the group with higher risk to die for lack of the public healthcare research that they still refuse to fund. They put their lives and hopes on the private research, unaware that most of them will not be able to afford it.
It's definitely true that public research is underfunded. It would also need better leadership for more funding to matter.
Who cares about people that trust research because it has "public" or "private" label?
Don't move the goalposts. I said affordability, not trust.
People that don't "trust" science, will simply miss the benefits of trusting science. Period.
And yes, some will die for refusing to wear a mask, or will drink bleach, and 106000 people will die each year for refusing to take the measles vaccine. Very sad.
The rest of us will keep with our lives.
Sorry if it sounds too harsh, but this people actively supported to destroy the lives of thousands of researchers. Those retired scientists will not return at the last minute to save them from the crisis caused by their poor choices. We have too much urgent problems to solve, and life is too short.
This people finally failed the test and is (emphatically) NOT scientists fault. They were given a million chances.
And the younger scientists ? They are activity looking abroad for work with support of Countries in Europe, Canada and even China. They will never come back because they will be unable to trust the US Federal Gov.
So since the US lost the lead in Medical Research, time to end Obamacare by destroying funding and firing federal workers that are involved with the nation's health.
It is a significant emotional drain to keep watch of the state of things, but I can't look away.
https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/ANNALS-26-03490
Would’ve been nice to see a few quotes. Come on, Ars!
There are at least 3 sources to this article.
1 is the proximate opinion piece that you’ve linked to.
There’s also a link to a letter signed by 30 lawmakers and excerpts from that latter.
Then there’s a link to previous Ars coverage which discusses a different study altogether.
(2) You might be correct that Ars quoting Senators might be a “source”? I think it’s just more muddying, and, in the spirit of my complaint, certainly doesn’t count as original journalism.
I stand by my point that this Ars article is at best overly lightly under researched, and at worst a bit bollocks.