I don't know why this has to be framed as an either/or. The US doesn't invest in infrastructure but leads in medical patents, so the low hanging fruit is being

I don't know why this has to be framed as an either/or. The US doesn't invest in infrastructure but leads in medical patents, so the low hanging fruit is being ignored. It is cheaper to build ramps than fund good longitudinal scientific research. Also you can have perfect spinal nerves and benefit from accessible infrastructure. Parents with infants in strollers, for example. Ideally you would build the infrastructure /while/ allowing things like stem cell research but we live in a puritanical theocracy that opposes both for ideological reasons