Nothing to do with covid-19, just the wonderful story about the origins of the program to fight river blindness with ivermectin.
Merck researcher William Campbell started the ball rolling -- and eventually won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his efforts. To his huge credit, the President of Merck supported the program: “We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not for profits, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear.” Merck donated a billion doses to the program in 2019.
A 6-minute read, well-worth your time if your cynicism needs to be beaten back a smidge.
[-] TrumpLyftAlles | 2 points | Aug 26 2020 05:31:43
Nothing to do with covid-19, just the wonderful story about the origins of the program to fight river blindness with ivermectin.
Merck researcher William Campbell started the ball rolling -- and eventually won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for his efforts. To his huge credit, the President of Merck supported the program: “We try never to forget that medicine is for the people. It is not for profits, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear.” Merck donated a billion doses to the program in 2019.
A 6-minute read, well-worth your time if your cynicism needs to be beaten back a smidge.
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