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Blue_true

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3. Republicans have successfully demonized cutting-edge research.

Reply to redstatebluegirl (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 10:04 PM

Feb 2020

I remember then ridiculing things like studies of lizards that could tolerate extreme temperatures, they saw this as a waste and their followers fell in suit, but the research has led to more efficient ways of treating burn victims and methods for putting people into a medically induced coma to save their lives.

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