Promises, promises Mrs. Clinton:
Hillary Clinton will roll out a plan to cure #Alzheimers by 2025https://t.co/tk3W6oebEL pic.twitter.com/S8IuLIhdhL
— CNN Health (@cnnhealth) December 22, 2015
From CNN:
Hillary Clinton will roll out a plan to combat Alzheimer’s disease in Fairfield, Iowa, on Tuesday, pledging to spend $2 billion annually to fight the disease and research a cure, according to a Clinton aide.
Clinton, who aides said consulted with leading physicians and scientists to develop the plan, will set a goal of making a cure of Alzheimer’s a reality by 2025.
“We owe it to the millions of families who stay up at night worrying about their loved ones afflicted by this terrible disease and facing the hard reality of the long goodbye to make research investments that will prevent, effectively treat and make a cure possible by 2025,” Clinton said.
Funding research is one thing, but suggesting that a cure is right around the corner and the only thing stopping it is a few billion dollars is political pandering at its worst:
https://twitter.com/lorenjamel5/status/679317048795783168
https://twitter.com/Rainchild93/status/679315538728853505
https://twitter.com/JoeKenwo/status/679314377980252161
Cure? Ambitious to say the least. But please do fund scientific research. https://t.co/Ip6jGhdolH
— Karen Boyter (@BoyterKaren) December 22, 2015
https://twitter.com/debbngene/status/679312821155323904
Am I the only one who thinks that $2 BILLION could do a lot more good developing a cure for other diseases instead? https://t.co/e6iDd9o9Eh
— Teena Fehling (@teena_chuck) December 22, 2015
Her proposal reminds some of that “West Wing” episode where President Bartlet played by Martin Sheen wanted to add a section in the State of the Union speech on finding a cure for cancer in 10 years, but was eventually talked out of it by his staff:
Reminds me of the West Wing and 'curing cancer'… https://t.co/kOOIViGqyM
— Pete Norwood #FBPE (@petenorwood) December 22, 2015
Cure? Ambitious to say the least. But please do fund scientific research. https://t.co/Ip6jGhdolH
— Karen Boyter (@BoyterKaren) December 22, 2015
@welshjab good for her, aim high like President Bartlett! https://t.co/idaeuFVvjt
— Gareth Bennett (@unclegagag) December 22, 2015
Your move, Bernie:
Bernie Sanders plans to cure cancer by 2020. Vote for him instead.https://t.co/9NwVZVlVlV
— Bigly Cub's Fan (@bigiftruer) December 22, 2015
We wouldn’t put it past him.
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