Immanuel
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I wasn't aware that the Jerry Lewis Telethon (which, by the way, doesn't have Jerry Lewis any more) received federal funding, which is actually the crux of the problem here. I don't believe anyone has suggested that private industry should be made to stop funding ESCR if it desires to do so. It's the taxpayer money and where it should be spent that's in question.
By the way, the MDA does a lot of things besides fund research into muscular dystrophy and other nerve disorders. They have clinics that provide diagnosis and treatment, and they offer community services such as a summer camp for kids with muscular dystrophy. And while there is not a cure yet for MD, I believe varying progress has been made in developing treatments for different nerve and spinal disorders.
Good points and I was not insinuating that MDA should be shut down. Remember, I was playing Devil's Advocate.
It did seem to me until the latest part of the thread, that the point was to stop ALL ESCR.
Immie
Well, yes and no. As far as I'm aware, ESCR mostly goes forward through agenda-driven government funding, because private industry doesn't seem to see a whole lot of promise there. So removing taxpayer dollars from it would have the net effect of largely ending it.
In that case, it should largely be eliminated.
Immie