NIH director: You know, we might have an Ebola vaccine if we had adequate funding
Posted by richrobinson 9 years, 6 months ago to The Gulch: General
If only we had more funding! How long before we hear the cuts were the result of the previous administration.
A cynical interpretation:
Disease reported in Africa. Influential crony buys patent on vaccine.
Gives big publicity to scare. Supports reducing entry controls.
The import of " ...Ebola patients to America: so they can be exploited for medical experiments, military bio-weapons harvesting or intellectual property claims."
Cases reported and public demands action.
Government places big order for vaccine.
Look fwd to Db's comment on the patent. If I understand it I will post the comment and any hole in the case on the pricipiascientific site.
I get a lot of fun from reading about conspiracies, believing them is another matter.
Of course any product related to this patent would have to go through FDA trials, which probably would take a decade and 100s of millions of dollars.
Both the FDA and the stupidity of the Supreme Court have resulted in a situation, where only the government will invest in vaccines and related technology. So it is not at all surprising to see that it was the CDC that owned this patent.
However, one can make an interesting V for Vendetta story out of it with a little imagination.
Because we all know disease knows what skin color looks like. Blah!!!!
Maybe, if scientists used private funding, and didn't rely on federal grant money, there would be freedom to really do some magnificent things. I can bet that there are venture capitalists out there who would and could work with researchers and scientists to really do something positive. But, that's a pipe dream. Sorry, I was having a fantasy there...
They won't be the last to try the outstretched hand whine either.