Let's go another way with this: You are extremely unlikely to ever come across a fentanyl user, even if you work for law enforcement, even if you're a LEO in a major metro.
10x people died of heart attacks than any opioid, not only fentenyl, over the past few years. Almost as many people died of cancer as heart attacks, and half as many people died of COVID as cancer.
Obviously, you can't equate research with other research; research and the drive to do research as a researcher is not a fungible item, but if we're spending tax payer money on it, why not a vaccine for foods that are low in fat, low in sodium, low in nutrition, and high in simple and processed carbs? That could save 700k+ lives a year in the US, more worldwide; and given that is also linked to cancer as the primary driver of it outside of smoking and drinking, another 600k+.
> You are extremely unlikely to ever come across a fentanyl user,
... unless you walk around downtown in many major cities, where you will come across dozens in the space of a city block. People who work in downtown Vancouver often carry naloxone kits, not because they're ever going to use, but because they don't want to watch somebody die on the street. You don't even need to know how to use the naloxone -- if somebody is in distress and you say "hey I've got a naloxone kit" you're already a hero because everybody else knows how to use it.
> Let's go another way with this: You are extremely unlikely to ever come across a fentanyl user, even if you work for law enforcement, even if you're a LEO in a major metro.
I'm gonna need a citation for that outrageous claim
> Obviously, you can't equate research with other research; research and the drive to do research as a researcher is not a fungible item, but if we're spending tax payer money on it, why not a vaccine for foods that are low in fat, low in sodium, low in nutrition, and high in simple and processed carbs? That could save 700k+ lives a year in the US, more worldwide; and given that is also linked to cancer as the primary driver of it outside of smoking and drinking, another 600k+.
Because that is nonsense. We don't have that technology.
> You are extremely unlikely to ever come across a fentanyl user, even if you work for law enforcement, even if you're a LEO in a major metro.
Since you're using ancedata, I'll use ancedata as well. I don't care to find the actual data.
Fentanyl is showing up in a huge amount of urinary drug screens right now. Unfortunately, much of this is the result of other drugs being cut with Fentanyl.
Fentanyl is the leading cause of death for those aged 18 to 45 in the US. Seems pretty important to me. We can also look at the things you suggested, it's not like there's an Obesity OR Fentanyl choice here.
> it's not like there's an Obesity OR Fentanyl choice here
Thats kind of my point. If they managed to make a working vaccine, good on them. It doesn't necessarily take away from efforts into other things, as two parents above me were casually implying.
10x people died of heart attacks than any opioid, not only fentenyl, over the past few years. Almost as many people died of cancer as heart attacks, and half as many people died of COVID as cancer.
Obviously, you can't equate research with other research; research and the drive to do research as a researcher is not a fungible item, but if we're spending tax payer money on it, why not a vaccine for foods that are low in fat, low in sodium, low in nutrition, and high in simple and processed carbs? That could save 700k+ lives a year in the US, more worldwide; and given that is also linked to cancer as the primary driver of it outside of smoking and drinking, another 600k+.