MarvinSussman

Dr. Francis Collins, the head of the National Institutes of Health, said that a decade of stagnant spending has "slowed down" research on all items, including v******tions for infectious diseases. As a result, he said, the international community has been left playing catch-up on a potentially avoidable humanitarian catastrophe.

"NIH has been working on Ebola v*****es since 2001. It's not like we suddenly woke up and thought, 'Oh my gosh, we should have something ready here,'" Collins told The Huffington Post on Friday. "Frankly, if we had not gone through our 10-year slide in research support, we probably would have had a v*****e in time for this that would've gone through clinical trials and would have been ready."

It's not just the production of a v*****e that has been hampered by money shortfalls. Collins also said that some therapeutics to fight Ebola "were on a slower track than would've been ideal, or that would have happened if we had been on a stable research support trajectory."

"We would have been a year or two ahead of where we are, which would have made all the difference," he said.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/13/1336176/--We-d-have-a-v*****e-by-now-if-it-were-not-for-budget-cuts-says-head-of-NIH-about-Ebola?detail=email

funguy1949

Look at the rag your reading it sickens me for every thing that goes wrong your pointing fingers at the republicans, You know something ass wipe liberal or is that libertards your lieing out of your Ahole why do I say that for every time your libertard lips move your lieing.

lindajoy Loc: right here with you....

Rag or not the issue is "budget cuts over the last decade"and whom is it that controls spending and vetos everything they don't want passed???

MajorAhrens Loc: Myrtle Beach

Seems to me the "thrill up my leg liberal/c****e in the whitehouse had a majority in his first two years. Instead of trying to play god he should of been working on everything the libs are pissin and moanin about now. But as usual it's "'ol George's" fault. Never mind the r****d in charge could of passed ANYTHING the first two years. But he was to busy trying to get Obamacare off the ground. And we all see how "great" that $hit is. Buffoons, the whole lot of em. MajorAhrens, U.S. ARMY(ret).

Snoopy

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Marvin

Where does the doctor say Republicans held up funding?

Who, in the Senate, controls which bills will presented for a v**e?

Harry Reid, of course.

I think you managed shoot yourself in the foot again.

Snoopy

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Isn't the development of new medicines what drug companies do?

The Republicans are to blame for ebola! :lol:

Boo_Boo Loc: Jellystone

Gee, I was sure that I read an article about TKM being released just 8 days before the outbreak of Ebola. Some may say that timing is everything, especially when a company is trying to make a buck.

So, I guess that research had not been slowed down too much. And, why is it that the some people feel that all discovers, drugs, food, military, and everything else the world needs has to come from the US? There are other countries -- we need not always shoulder the burden of making everything all right for this big world. Get a grip, fold up some of that ego before one day comes when there is nothing left for the US to give to anyone to include herself.

MajorAhrens Loc: Myrtle Beach

Spot on Snoopy. 'Ol Starvin Marvin left out the part about dingy Harry not letting anything get a v**e. Libs can't be bothered with FACTS.

mcjwelles

Please recall reality's incontrovertible problem with your beliefs:
In 2007 – 2008 the balance was 51-49 and a Republican president. After the 2009 e******n, the Minnesota Senate race was not decided until July 14, 2009 when Al Franken was sworn in. During that time, Norm Coleman was still serving in the Senate. So the balance was 59-41 for the first six months of 2009 until July 14th, when Franken was sworn in. But the Senate was on summer recess, from August 7th to September 8th, so there were only a total 10 working days of super majority during the summer. Six weeks later, on Aug 26, 2009, Kennedy died, putting the balance at 59-40. Kennedy’s replacement was sworn in on September 25, 2009, making the majority 60-40 again. However the Senate Adjourned for the year on October 30th, only giving another 25 days of supermajority. Scott Brown was elected in November, so the total Number of days of Super Majority for Democrats was 35 days. During the last 10 years, Republican controlled all three branches for 6 years, Democrats for 2. Out the last 10 years the Democrats could only overcome a Republican Filibuster for 35 days. And that’s counting Lieberman who was not a real Democrat and not a reliable democratic v**e as he joined Republican filibusters dozens of times.
Back on your little shoulders...

mcjwelles

Really??? Think about it a bit more. Maybe back to civics 101. Why won't Repubs take responsibility for their mistakes when they are always so anxious to accuse, fabricate and embellish the Dem records? I would be far more apt to criticize Dem policy if Repubs critiqued any of the many shortcomings of their own party.

mcjwelles

Time to retire again, major.

Constitutional libertarian Loc: St Croix National Scenic River Way

Marvin your full of BS, I read in Time that the gov doesn't have a $100,000,000 or so to spend getting new products through the FDA process. Is it the lack of money or an FDA that is out of wack. If you want the new experimental Ebola one you can request it, but the average wait time for a approval is 21 days.

Sorry dude by that point all any of us can say is rest in peace.

And no pharm company will spend that on a desease that only effects a hand full of people every year.

Aufie

And this guy has no personal stake in increased spending? And this part of the government has no waste that he presides over? I have a bridge to sell you

bobebgtime Loc: Virginia

I see you Democrats.are still using the recognized standard of blame the Republicans or wh**ever if something doesn't go your way. That excuse has gotten to be so lame and worn out it and doesn't work.

Dr. Francis Collins, claimed budget cuts were to blame for a lack of progress in fighting ebola. Review’s Jim Geraghty reports, “The NIH budget has doubled since 2000, allocations to the U.S. National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases rose to $4.3 billion in 2004 from $1.8 billion in 2000…” The money was there. So now you have to make up yet another excuse.

Dummy Boy Loc: Michigan

hmmm, I doubt that the Republicans sat down and told anyone from the NIH to stop working on v*****es...this is just "fluffy" the Democrat. What they said is stop figuring out why people taking psilocybin feel better....and work on important s**t like v*****es. The Obama health care program depends on psilocybin.