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Originally Posted by gasman
As someone who has a family member with ALS, your comments are extremely ignorant. The Ice Bucket challenge raised a ton of money... none of it unreasonable that pushed research ahead quickly and was directly responsible for at least one new drug on the market to slow it down. The sad part of it is that it was a flash in the pan and now fundraising has declined to the point where research is pulling back, specifically because ALS doesn't have the name recognition of Cancer or Heart Disease.
Very short sighted, ignorant view of the world.
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You said it yourself; funding has dried up.
Because it's not 'cool' anymore.
You're proving my point.
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ech·o cham·ber
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noun
An environment in which a person encounters only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own, so that their existing views are reinforced and alternative ideas are not considered.
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