It’s great that people are working to treat or cure this terrible disease.
However in the meanwhile, there is unbelievable damage and burden on family members that the sick person least of all wants, as articulated by Jo when he still had his faculties.
And there’s a long tail of other diseases. I believe we’ll make progress on those too, but this does not preclude mercy for the victim of the disease.
melling|5 years ago
Think it can be done within two decades?
The mRNA Coronavirus vaccines were produced in under a year.
That was after years of R&D, of course.
Now maybe it’s possible to convince people to spend more on fundamental medical research.
UPDATE
I see my comments are not appreciated. We’re going with “just shoot me if this happens to me”
Anyway, maybe the seed investments by Gates and Bezos will eventually lead to a treatment.
https://www.biospace.com/article/bill-gates-and-jeff-bezos-t...
tmp538394722|5 years ago
However in the meanwhile, there is unbelievable damage and burden on family members that the sick person least of all wants, as articulated by Jo when he still had his faculties.
And there’s a long tail of other diseases. I believe we’ll make progress on those too, but this does not preclude mercy for the victim of the disease.