This has nothing to do with scientist motivations and everything to do with scientific advancement.
If you think you scientists have multiple options in front of them and can pick the most financially opportunistic one, you have no idea what R&D is like
I’ve been in the lab, have you?
Re:Can mRNA Vaccines Defeat Herpes?
by PedroBatista on Monday November 22, 2021 @09:03AM
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Did you understood this expression? - "Even trees can only grow where the gardener lets them."
Considering research “paths” are often measured in decades I’d be massively impressed if a scientist could guess what would be profitable 20 years from now.
Re:Can mRNA Vaccines Defeat Herpes?
by chiefalchemist on Monday November 22, 2021 @08:05AM
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To your point, opioids are a great example of meds in a profits- first world.
That aside, it certainly possible to have infinite respect for the scientific method, but at the same time be mindful that method meets reality via (often very flawed) humans. Questioning the human element in this equation doesn't make you anti-science (because there's a difference between the two).
The mRNA vaccines aren't a conspiracy to milk and control the population, some people are trying their very best to do good. ALSO, there are people that have a sole "job" of milking every cent possible and others that use this as an opportunity to gain influence and advance whatever political/business career they pursuit.
This happens everywhere and every time.
Yes, this "they are in this to get us" get's tiring but let's not put the "scientists" in a pedestal, because they are people e many of them aren't even scientists.