Given the way this week's election turned out, sadly I think it's guaranteed that whatever portion of that money is actually spent will be mostly wasted on psychosocial fluff. It takes enormous courage to go against the current paradigm and, well, courage doesn't win votes lately, selfishness does.
Even whatever little money is spent is entirely aimless and has no coherent plan, strategy or leadership. NIH makes that case better than anyone. It's the best we ever had and it's still a near complete waste because there is simply no will.
Elections in the past few years have been extremely bad for us. Nobody thinks about the consequences of austerity on the sick when they vote. There was some momentum and it just keeps getting blown off. Windows of opportunity are short and it's passing us by once more, outside of private efforts anyway.
We're in this by ourselves. I think it's worth continuing to pester governments and medical authorities so they are fully on the record about not giving a damn but when it comes to funding, I think the efforts are simply wasted and would be better spent elsewhere. We tried. Time for a different approach. Political pressure only works with support and we don't have any.
Sorry if this sounds negative but it's impossible to deny at this point. The money will not come from governments, they couldn't care less and no one will make them as long as they have medical advisors telling them to ignore us entirely. I think efforts would be better spent trying to get private funding involved.