Wendy Zukerman (Host)
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Our experience with the COVID pandemic would have been so much worse without decades of investment in basic and applied science. I mean, millions and millions of people didn't die because we were able to develop mRNA vaccines in nine months. If you think of the economic costs of shutting down the U.S.
Our experience with the COVID pandemic would have been so much worse without decades of investment in basic and applied science. I mean, millions and millions of people didn't die because we were able to develop mRNA vaccines in nine months. If you think of the economic costs of shutting down the U.S.
economy early on during the COVID pandemic, if you can invest in public health and epidemiology to prevent that... The economic rate of return on that is astronomical.
economy early on during the COVID pandemic, if you can invest in public health and epidemiology to prevent that... The economic rate of return on that is astronomical.
Oh, that's incredibly high. This is huge. It's crazy that we're not investing more. You're getting a really high rate of return on government R&D spending. It seems wild that Congress hasn't invested more in these areas.
Oh, that's incredibly high. This is huge. It's crazy that we're not investing more. You're getting a really high rate of return on government R&D spending. It seems wild that Congress hasn't invested more in these areas.
And this would be the argument that you could cut the NIH budget by 40 percent and then the pharmaceutical industry is going to pick up all of that. Our research finds the opposite.
And this would be the argument that you could cut the NIH budget by 40 percent and then the pharmaceutical industry is going to pick up all of that. Our research finds the opposite.
It's highly unlikely. I don't know why you would expect the private sector to invest an equivalent amount in basic research.
It's highly unlikely. I don't know why you would expect the private sector to invest an equivalent amount in basic research.
You like those with your show, right?
You like those with your show, right?
Yeah. Cutting NSF funding by 50%, cutting National Institutes of Health funding by 40%, if what's being proposed comes to pass, that's a really big hit.
Yeah. Cutting NSF funding by 50%, cutting National Institutes of Health funding by 40%, if what's being proposed comes to pass, that's a really big hit.
Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus. Today on the show, we are pitting facts against bird flu. And to tell us all about it is editor of Science Versus, Blythe Terrell. Hey, Blythe. Yeah, hey, Wendy. So you've spent the last few months, I feel like, coming into meetings and saying, oh, my God, I just learned something crazy about bird flu. Oh, my God, Wendy.
Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Versus. Today on the show, we are pitting facts against bird flu. And to tell us all about it is editor of Science Versus, Blythe Terrell. Hey, Blythe. Yeah, hey, Wendy. So you've spent the last few months, I feel like, coming into meetings and saying, oh, my God, I just learned something crazy about bird flu. Oh, my God, Wendy.