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ImitatesLife t1_jands0z wrote

Reply to comment by Pillars_of_Sand in Jay Leno looks great considering he had third degree burns all over his face by hopper75

I think his post comedy/late-night career has probably been better for him in terms of PR. his late-night stuff was the most basic, boring jokes plus people really saw him go for the ego move and fuck Connan over back in the day, and I think that cemented him as a d-bag in many peoples minds. Obviously anyone celebrating him getting burned is deranged though.

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SkyNightZ t1_janculh wrote

Reply to comment by lllNico in Jay Leno looks great considering he had third degree burns all over his face by hopper75

It literally does. Like your pulling this out of thin air.

Guess which one of us works in the pharmaceutical research business and who doesn't.

The government can afford some research, but it wants to see maximum patient impact.

That means diseases that effect a small percentage of the population get less funding.

However to private investors those diseases can be incredibly lucrative.

So private funds research in those areas more than public. Then overtime (because most of these ventures go nowhere) the successful treatments make their way to the top and get more development.

This is early stage vs late stage research.

The government is more willing to help fund late stage research because its more viable. But without the early stage research there is no late stage.

I've simplified the process but if you did the most basic level of research you would see what I'm saying is true.

What you have is an IDEA, and you are hoping against reality that your idea is true. It simply isn't.

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william-t-power t1_jan8atq wrote

Reply to comment by TheGillos in Jay Leno looks great considering he had third degree burns all over his face by hopper75

Judging an entire healthcare system is not a trivial thing and what constitutes "great" is not straightforward. This is why I brought up our cancer survival rates. Cancer is a notoriously hard thing to treat and is a very complex thing. Doing well in that is a very good sign. Additionally, we have world class medical institutions like the Mayo clinic and John's Hopkins, which drive a lot of excellence and innovation in the US health care system. There's quite a lot of travel to the US for medical procedures, which certainly suggests quality in comparison to others.

It doesn't appear that you're open to any challenging evidence given how you flippantlty dismissed the example I gave with no analysis.

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william-t-power t1_jan5kws wrote

Reply to comment by TheGillos in Jay Leno looks great considering he had third degree burns all over his face by hopper75

As you can see from my comment, I didn't dehumanize them. I did put them in context, though. Also, you're mistaken about our Healthcare. Our Healthcare is some of the best in the world. One great stat of ours is cancer survival rates, it's one of the top. People fly to the US all the time for complicated procedures for a reason.

Our health insurance system is problematic. People confuse the two fairly often.

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