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Re:Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84k a... by flippyhead on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:42AM (#16819501)
I don't understand this because a living person is (usually) productive, producing value for the remainder of their life. It's like saying it's cheaper to never repair or improve a rental property because it costs money to do so.
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Re:Non-profit’s $300 hepatitis C cure as effective as $84k a... by AdrianB1 on Thursday April 12, 2018 @07:30AM (#16819727)
Sometimes repairing a property or a car is more expensive than buying or building a new one. This is why cars don't last forever, even if it is possible in theory to maintain it in good condition forever. It is all a matter of math and math does not lie (just the assumptions used for the calculation can be wrong).
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