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CDC's top laboratory on STDs is shut by Trump administration

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157 points pmags | 1 comments | 07 Apr 25 05:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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classichasclass ◴[07 Apr 25 05:56 UTC] No.43608238[source]▶
I've had to use the CDC lab to figure out a drug-resistant Trichomonas infection. Lots of very skilled people at that facility and this is a bad one to lose; it was the only lab that did those sorts of tests. There's not enough money in it for commercial labs.
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pfannkuchen ◴[07 Apr 25 06:42 UTC] No.43608512[source]▶
How is there not enough money in it? Do only poor people get these sorts of issues? Serious question, no shade on poor people.
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SequoiaHope ◴[07 Apr 25 07:33 UTC] No.43608836[source]▶
It is so very important that we all understand this: not everything worth doing is profitable. Not everything which creates value for the economy or protects society is profitable. A system that expects all worthwhile things to be profitable will simply fail to do all worthwhile things and society will be worse for it. That society may appear to be functioning but it will not be the best society possible.
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1. yencabulator ◴[08 Apr 25 20:28 UTC] No.43626121[source]▶
I'll frame that in a more European way for you: Preventative care and managing contagious diseases is cheaper in the long run.

Framing it as "not profitable" is conservative messaging trying to drown out the idea that externalities exist.