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It is certainly possible to try to get another government to fund it, but the NIH is the largest source of funding for health science research in the world, both for domestic U.S. research and also international research.

So is it theoretically possible? Yes. Is it likely, especially for expensive clinical trials? Not really.

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That’s a big flaw. The US needs to stop being at the center of everything, and now we can really see the vulnerability it causes. I hope this becomes an impulse to diversify research funding more.

The US has a /lot/ of money and people. Several other countries put together wouldn't be able to match it, especially not ones with any comparable standard of living.

This may be true, but what I said remains true and it’s a vulnerability that the world needs to fix. Too much power is centralized in the US.

The only reason there is a ebola vaccine, is because the USA made it baby! Made in the USA at its best

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