The United States funds research into medicines and treatments for conditions that people in the United States have. We do it in the form of direct government support for research, and also in the form of high royalties paid to drug and medical companies. Most other countries don't spend nearly as much on medical research. They "free-ride" on the advances that US companies make. For example, a lot of medicines that are expensive in the US are distributed in India at a very low cost that would not allow the drug companies to recoup their research investments.
How about some gratitude for the advances that we've already made, and the billions that people like Bill Gates are already giving to the third world?
The politics of envy and blame is an ugly thing. If we work together, perhaps we can arrive at a real solution like wiping out the particular mosquito species that carries malaria (before you post, no, I don't mean all mosquitos... just that one).
Implying that all other institutions throughout the world don't do basic research in pharma, or that the US benefits tremendously from the brain drain of researchers that to American research institutions and do stuff there that they could be doing in other countries.
The US spends a huge amount on medical research compared with other countries-- both in the form of direct government subsidies and high drug prices. We also spend a huge amount on direct and indirect foreign aid, and privately funded programs by US citizens... like the Gates Foundation that explicitly funds medical research and cures for tropical diseases.
How about some gratitude for the advances that we've already made, and the billions that people like Bill Gates are already giving to the third world?
The politics of envy and blame is an ugly thing. If we work together, perhaps we can arrive at a real solution like wiping out the particular mosquito species that carries malaria (before you post, no, I don't mean all mosquitos... just that one).