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The CCP was pretty obviously against the release of this gene sequence. Thank God Zhang Youngzhen followed liberal norms of the scientific community and shared
by baryphonic 4y ago
The CCP was pretty obviously against the release of this gene sequence. Thank God Zhang Youngzhen followed liberal norms of the scientific community and shared it with the world. [0]
Science's triumph began in in liberal societies, and both fed on and accelerated the advance of capitalism. The industrial revolution was essentially a virtuous cycle (maybe a vicious cycle depending on your perspective) of capitalism and scientific knowledge (thermodynamics & mechanics mostly). Sure, the research was going on for decades in universities funded by governments, but once a profitable use for that research presented itself, an effective good utilizing it went into production rapidly.
[0]https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coronavirus-genome/ https://time.com/5882918/zhang-yongzhen-interview-china-coro...
- mkr-hn 4y agoYes. So you agree with me that capitalism is a symbiosis with the public systems it depends on and not solely responsible as your comment seemed to indicate. Moderna wouldn't have produced so much so quickly without a government ready to buy up their supply. Many more people would have died, and possibly from more variants, had it not been freely available. The US would be a breeding ground for variants if most of the population weren't vaccinated, and it wouldn't be if they weren't free in this one exceptional case. Almost 80% of the US has at least one dose compared to the usual ~50% with the flu vaccine. The second dose is ticking up toward 70%.