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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by dheera on Monday April 26, 2021 @07:46PM (#26949777)
I suppose you could attribute that more to humans sucking at taking action until shit actually happens.

The common cold cure could have happened without COVID, but nobody cared to fund it until COVID happened and then they went "oh shit maybe we should actually fund medical research".

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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by kevin_thibedeau on Monday April 26, 2021 @07:56PM (#26949882)
There is incentive to not cure mild diseases because more money can be made on palliatives.
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Re:Pfizer is testing a pill that, if successful, could cure ... by throwawayboise on Tuesday April 27, 2021 @02:18AM (#26952642)
Or the money can be used to research more serious diseases.
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