I find it hard to imagine that the NIH diverting more cash to Corona research would have lead to earlier acknowledgement of the effectiveness of acquired immunity, or the ineffectiveness of cloth masks. The lack of funding is indicative of the lack of interest in confronting junk science claims made by politically correct thought leaders and their devotees. It is a symptom, not a cause.
The research money that was spent was mostly burned in studies rigged to reach predefined conclusions. We can all remember a time now when “studies showed” confirmation of some popular claim that would be disproven and abandoned six months later. More money for more studies by ideologically compromised researchers would have produced more of the same.
I find it hard to imagine that the NIH diverting more cash to Corona research would have lead to earlier acknowledgement of the effectiveness of acquired immunity, or the ineffectiveness of cloth masks. The lack of funding is indicative of the lack of interest in confronting junk science claims made by politically correct thought leaders and their devotees. It is a symptom, not a cause.
The research money that was spent was mostly burned in studies rigged to reach predefined conclusions. We can all remember a time now when “studies showed” confirmation of some popular claim that would be disproven and abandoned six months later. More money for more studies by ideologically compromised researchers would have produced more of the same.