Daily Sceptic: War spurs medical innovation. Ambulances to swiftly deliver the casualties of Napoleon’s armies to field surgeons were the brainchild of Jean-Dominique Larrey. Florence Nightingale established professional nursing in the Crimea. The Kaiser’s War brought the Thomas Splint, reducing mortality and amputation following limb fracture; 1939-45 spurred Florey and Chain’s development of penicillin and McIndoe’s reconstructive plastic surgery. All are now integral to civilian healthcare.
mRNA vaccines are offspring of George Bush’s ‘War on Terror’.
The idea of mRNA vaccines goes back to Robert Malone’s discoveries of the late 1980s, but he was unable to pursue them and the patents passed to Merck, who spent the end of the old century expensively failing to develop a product. The idea might have remained in abeyance had it not been for 9/11 and the curious episode, immediately afterwards, when letters laced with anthrax spores were posted – allegedly by a disaffected U.S. Army scientist – to Senators and media outlets, killing five people and infecting 17 more. more here
Our government has doubled down on bad investments for decades. They have never met a problem that couldn’t be solved by printing more money, extending contracts or hiring more people.
The Sunk Cost Fallacy is their operating paradigm, not something which should be considered before any continuing expenditure. I don’t know how we’ve made it this far down the road, but it sure seems like the pavement is turning to gravel.
Let’s not forget one of the big four at Johns Hopkins, Dr. William Halsted, who championed strict aseptic procedures, Cocaine & Morphine.
umean that gubmint-mandated shiite doan keep you from gittin it or givin it?
Leaving Governments Holding the White Elephant
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BS! Leaving the taxpayer holding the bag is the true statement. I didn’t participate per se, so I have that much going for me.
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