US winner of Nobel prize in medicine applies to become Polish citizen

https://tvpworld.com/92004855/us-nobel-prize-winner-applies-for-polish-citizenship

Posted by wook-borm

4 Comments

  1. OK, I’m gonna make everyone sad but:

    >Nonetheless, he told Polish state news agency PAP that he grew up with a deep admiration for Poland. 

    That applies to many many many Americans who has some connection to Poland (it was surprising to me how many of them think they are great-grand child of some Polish immigrant). They also don’t really actively seek learning more about Poland or visit it for whatever reason

  2. He’s hoping to live and work in a country where Lara Loomer, RFK JR. and other assorted political witches don’t threaten scientific with prison for life-saving discoveries, like the COVID vaccine.

    Whether he is being too optimistic hangs on the results of the upcoming parliamentary elections. We’ll see…