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There are several Zika vaccines going through trials. The CDC doesn't, and should probably never, develop vaccines.
by nomel 5y ago
There are several Zika vaccines going through trials. The CDC doesn't, and should probably never, develop vaccines.
- snapetom 5y agoFrom a libertarian philosophical standpoint I like this, but I'd like to know more practical reasons. Is it just the fact that it's a massive amount of R&D that's only recouped from sales and marketing?
- nomel 5y agoFor me, beyond recouping the costs, I think the CDC has demonstrated that it is too tightly coupled with politics [1][2]. I believe that any government body will eventually become constrained by the politics that it exists in and is funded by. I would, naively, claim that funding more neutral researchers/companies would provide better resistance to the politics of it all. As a counter argument, it would be easy to claim that the pharmaceutical companies are too tightly coupled to politicians. Perhaps this still results in greater efficiency, for now? 1. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-cant-allow-the-cdc-to-be-tainted-by-politics/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/we-cant-allow-the... 2. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/politics/cdc-trump.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/us/politics/cdc-trump.htm...