To: oh8eleven
After you get rid of the low hanging fruit, the rest is pretty tough.
But that said, talk to people who have had heart surgery or cancer in the last few years. The work on genetic modification in the treatment of killer diseases ten years ago is amazing.
36 posted on
06/27/2016 3:43:05 PM PDT by
Vermont Lt
(Ask Bernie supporters two questions: Who is rich. Who decides. In the past, that meant who died.)
To: Vermont Lt
But that said, talk to people who have had heart surgery or cancer in the last few years.
I don't consider polio to have been low hanging fruit at all.
I concede there have been great improvements in the treatments of some diseases. However, my point was that there have been no cures and/or vaccines that prevent serious disease, like the polio vaccine did. None, zero, nada.
Sixty years ago we got shots to prevent polio, measles, mumps, rubella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, small pox, hepatitis, and more. Since then - with all the money, the technology, super computers, etc., - nothing.
39 posted on
06/28/2016 6:01:02 AM PDT by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
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