Hi Amy.
Thank you for your response.
Yes, the effort is very much commendable, 54,000 times is an astronomical number.
Two quotes come to mind; Albert Einstein, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Also, James Ling, “Don't tell me how hard you work. Tell me how much you get done.”
Lou Gehrig died 80 years ago and since that time only two drugs have been approved which only extend life for about 3 months, not a very impressive track record of accomplishment.
I’m suggesting a different, perhaps more radical approach be brainstormed and implemented in accomplishing ALS objectives.
Unfortunately, I don’t have the answers. Hopefully people smarter than I can come up with more efficient, out-of-the-box ways to achieve the goals needed by ALS patients, because with the average lifespan of an ALS individual to be just between 2 to 5 years and their quality of life years considerably less than that, four years to achieve an accomplishment is a lifetime for an ALS patient.
Rich