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mRNA technology will never go anywhere or develop anything useful. ;) This is a prime example of wasteful government spending, when a free market could have be
by ethbr0 5y ago
mRNA technology will never go anywhere or develop anything useful. ;)
This is a prime example of wasteful government spending, when a free market could have better allocated investment!
- trynumber9 5y agowhat an interesting take. traditional capital invested in Moderna's mRNA research too. https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/moderna-announces-40-million-financing-advance-development-new https://investors.modernatx.com/news-releases/news-release-d...
- nafizh 5y agoI think it was sarcasm.
- bassman9000 5y agoA bit unfair. This is not a public agency allocation to a publicly executed project. This is a private, for-profit enterprise with a public (_as in owned by the State_) customer. Vastly different incentives when the customer and the one executing are not the same.
- bregma 5y agoOK. Insulin, then. Some academics got to play with puppy dogs and get paid by the public purse, then then went and donated their patents to a non-profit. What a waste!