Re:Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's ne...
by d0mine on Saturday March 20, 2021 @12:09PM
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Yeah, let's ignore facts. Let's ignore bankruptcies due to medical bills. Let's ignore $600 EpiPen -- never happened. Let's ignore that it may be cheaper to fly to another country for medical treatment, etc. It is all tinfoil conspiracy theories.
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Re:Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's ne...
by vletal on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:44PM
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Facts? What does a shitty US health care system have to do with "corporations not developing cure for HIV to avoid losing profit" kind of theories.
Re:Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's ne...
by d0mine on Saturday March 20, 2021 @02:59PM
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Here's a reminder: I was answering this:
"they've made HIV a chronic condition rather than a deadly disease, but I'd still like to see it eradicated with a vaccine."
note: HIV, no cancer.
There is an incentive to sell drugs for chronic conditions. Curing these conditions would cut into the profits for selling drugs for chronic conditions -- I hope it should be hard to misunderstood -- it is just a simple math (lifetime customer for chronic condition vs. a single purchase for the cure).
Re:Scientist behind Covid-19 mRNA vaccine says her team's ne...
by vletal on Saturday March 20, 2021 @06:05PM
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That's like monopolies, right? The ultra right argument is that they are harmless, because it's easy to disrupt them.
In practice that hardly works, due to nasty business practices and lobbying.
On the other hand this argument works better for scientific progress. Yes, company selling like insulin shots might not invest into curing diabetes. That does not mean that there is not plenty of researchers looking into that issue, potentially disrupting the market.
I just hate that this gets framed in a way that is just a step from conspiracy theories.