Sorry to hear this. It's pathetic alright. Total prioritization failure. I'm convinced that if some objective 'progress bar' existed, constantly put in front o

Sorry to hear this. It's pathetic alright. Total prioritization failure. I'm convinced that if some objective 'progress bar' existed, constantly put in front of the public's mind by media or by government diktat - then a firehose of resources would be put at the disposal of R&D, like X-Prizes for medical enterprises.