You complain about oversimplification, then in the same breath complain about "random political stuff" being included. How is that not hypocritical, at best? This medical breakthrough would literally have not been possible without "politics". Get your head out of the sand. No one should be able to escape learning how their politics affects them or the society they are a part of. And if you want to enjoy the benefits of that society, then you don't get to complain about being reminded of how those benefits were achieved.
Pandering to people's fragile political sensibilities is how the U.S. got to this point where millions of citizens voted against their own self-interest because they thought candidates running on anti-intellectual, anti-science platforms was worth the zero sum "win".
Enjoy your weekends, eight hour workdays, clean air, and clean water—whether you like that those were all political or not!