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(I'm paraphrasing people here and I may have mangled what they're saying, sorry)
This thread has some useful commments, one from someone who's actually done F@H research, another from someone who mentions the length of time it takes to get a medication trial through the system (without covid-19 easements) and how few trials actually make it.
There's a bit of discussion around the cost in electricity, and whether it's better to just send that money somewhere.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22491910
This post links to a blog that talks about F@H that you may be interested in.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22662026
This post is from someone who is a researcher who says that F@H is a form of science, and so it should continue, but that it's probably not as directly applicably useful as F@H says.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22576088