Health
What we have learnt about the limits of science – Financial Times
As the battles against cancer and Covid-19 make clear, breakthroughs depend on basic research and good policies
Some years ago, on New Year’s Day, my wife and I noticed that our son, not yet two months old, was struggling to breathe — a belaboured, wheezing effort was all he could manage — and we decided to face the holiday emergency room crush. After assessing his blood oxygen levels, the pediatrician said: “Pack a bag, you will be here all week. He will get worse. Then he will get better.”
Our son had contracted something called respiratory syncytial virus, and it was replicating in his lungs. In a scenario…
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