So @MLevitt_NP2013 was replying to this tweet by me about how much funding the NIAID received relative to the impact that allergens and infectious disease have on mortality in the US
Dr. Levitt replied that people should not be surprised by this (I am)
Now, to be fair, if Lior had done his homework, the correct argument would have been that the active projects include additional funding allocated for COVID-19
If you subtract $900 mil from the NIAID budget then they would move into 2nd place
Doesn't change my point though
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Here Lior is talking out of his a...
Of the top 275 funded projects awarded by the NIAID:
63% of funds are allocated towards the SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine and HIV/HIV Vaccine
Other Vaccine Research: ~3%
If only Lior had spent as much time on research as he did picking out memes
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The only problem is that of the top 275 NIAID budgeted projects:
-30% is for a SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine
-4% is for therapeutics
75% of the therapeutics budget went to PPD Inc. and it's not clear how they're using it...could also be used for vaccine
And then there’s this article from 2008 which makes reference to SARS-CoV1, SARS-CoV2, SARS-CoV3 which are made from SARS-CoV: Accession number AY864806
Don’t look at 1,2,3 - That’s just what they call different samples in the study