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Communist China Just Cured Diabetes and America's Insulin Industry is Not Happy About it
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this post was submitted on 04 Feb 2026
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Any news on it since then? It wouldn't be the first time a scientific achievement out of China that embarrasses The West just fizzled out when no one was looking.
Is it really an achievement if it fizzles out?
A real groundbreaking achievement may travel slow, but it will stay steady since it actively improves lives. People will keep talking about it.
Unlike, lets say, propaganda. That goes fast and fizzles out faster.
We should be able to check if the amount of diabetes in China falls down rapidly.
It is if the results were falsified. Even it it worked somewhat, they're probably greatly over stating the effectiveness or ability to scale to a mass population.
I remember years back, China solved world hunger by growing mushrooms in caves. I can't find anything on that anymore, but I still have a friend listing that accomplishment.