re: #322 The Ghost of a Flea

So…we have a President lying about both the threat of the virus and the progress of response effort to preserve the stock market.

But previously gutted the CDC’s budget and staff, and now is using the need for coronavirus $ as leverage to demand cuts to assistance programs, including one for winter heating?

And now the HHS lead is talking about how a vaccine has to involve private investment, and thus could be prohibitively expensive.

I mean, we can’t get more naked about the priorities on display.

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If only there were some sort of government agency or institutions of higher learning where research could be encouraged. You know, sharing the costs among all the presumptive beneficiaries and avoiding excessive profits.