Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

spanone

(142,110 posts) Sun Oct 19, 2014, 02:41 PM Oct 2014

that's why people will die.....not because we can't develop a vaccine, it's because there's not enough money to be made.

what a strange society we've become.

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/garrett-mtp-no-incentive-develop-ebola-vaccine-n229271

31 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Not strange - sick PumpkinAle Oct 2014 #1

You nuts? Warpy Oct 2014 #2

not my words...watch the video. spanone Oct 2014 #4

And, another example of the benefits of capitalism. Tierra_y_Libertad Oct 2014 #3

More. proverbialwisdom Oct 2014 #5

There are a bunch of them. Hepatitis C is a good example. MineralMan Oct 2014 #9

And we have one Ebola death in the US and a few thousand in West Africa. MineralMan Oct 2014 #13

The Reagan years were a wasteland of indifference. MineralMan Oct 2014 #15

Ebola vaccine research has been going on for years. MineralMan Oct 2014 #8

As always, MM, you take the time to develop an informed opinion . . . Journeyman Oct 2014 #21

A vaccine is preventative, it is not a cure. Bluenorthwest Oct 2014 #12

The NIH was working one one. ColesCountyDem Oct 2014 #17

It's quite likely we could have had one years ago, if there had been $ in it. Warren DeMontague Oct 2014 #18

This is nonsense Yo_Mama Oct 2014 #20

Apropos of this... Princess Turandot Oct 2014 #25

Malaria kills 3x as many Africans, HIV-AIDS an order of magnitude more Recursion Oct 2014 #23

We need to pitch the idea to them in bomb form. Jamastiene Oct 2014 #26

Ginning up fear Turbineguy Oct 2014 #27

That's normally where governments step in. Kablooie Oct 2014 #28

The government needs to fund it. nt Logical Oct 2014 #30

Update. proverbialwisdom Oct 2014 #31