> Over the following 10 years, these inventions saved 4 million lives and saved 15 million days of lost work/school. I have a more pessimistic view on that. It

> Over the following 10 years, these inventions saved 4 million lives and saved 15 million days of lost work/school. I have a more pessimistic view on that. It means that it took 4 millions death to realize that we could use resources to save millions of preventable deaths if only we invested a bit more in R&D. Eradicating diseases is not technologically hard, but it requires budget. I wish as a society we would find it more commendable to invest in the obviously good endeavor of saving lives.