Wednesday open thread: Was it worth it?
mRNA vaccines are a wonder of modern science. They unarguably prevented the COVID pandemic death toll from coming even close to the numbers of the 1918 flu. And now brainworm-eaten Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is canceling all funding for vaccine development. Answer me this, those of you who couldn't bring yourselves to vote for Kamala Harris: Was it worth it? Is this what you thought your apathy would get you? Are you reveling in the damage you've caused? Because this is a direct result of you either voting 3rd party, staying home, or reluctantly voting for "Killer Kamala" while rhetorically doing everything you could to suppress the vote. These vaccines will still be researched. But not in the United States. Our competitors will advance by leaps and bounds, while we become, at least for now, a sad, lonely backwater. We will cease to be the source of new discoveries, and will have to hope that this regime will allow those discoveries to be distributed here. Has Gaza been ...