His stutter has gotten worse

I hate to say it but this basically makes no sense. T2D is characterized by systemic insulin resistance that leads to decreased beta cell function. Every cell in your body already doesn't respond to insulin the way they're supposed to, so even the wild best case scenario of restoring complete beta cell function wouldn't be a "cure."

My guess as to why no one is hearing about this is that China doesn't buy it. They used to heavily promote questionable research 15-20+ years ago to the point where if you saw something that looked like a major breakthrough coming out of China you could almost always dismiss it as bs (Israel used to do this as well. They still do, but they used to too). They seem to have put a ton of effort into changing this culture in research and it's paying off tremendously and the quality of research coming from there is now seriously high quality.

The old is coming from inside the house

Imagining the collective Hexbear horror when OP reveals that the guy he saw was in his 30's.

"The only thing I'm 'on' is drugs"

So does Angela Davis apparently

Broke: From each according to need, to each according to ability.

Woke: Actually, everybody is exactly the same.

I mean the alternative is the literal and guaranteed disruption of the planet's ability to sustain human civilization. It would be nice if we could magic up enough energy to meet society's demands or return to monke without hundreds of millions starving to death, but that's not a real option.