Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin

Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by oceanplexian on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:45PM (#27665957)

Respectfully disagree. I live in a smaller US state and I’ve emailed my representatives and received a personal reply from both of them. One actually engaged and we politely discussed a public policy issue back and forth in an email thread. More often than not you can walk right into their office and meet them if you’d like.

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by kaesar14 on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:47PM (#27665978)

And did meeting them shift their position on an issue where the opposition is a massively powerful and wealthy industry that spends millions on lobbying efforts?

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by cde-v on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:58PM (#27666158)

I'm sure your nice discussion held as much sway with them as hundreds of thousands of dollars of "donations".

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by relax88 on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:05PM (#27666268)

Try showing up with 500 people.

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Re:Biohackers take aim at big pharma’s stranglehold on insulin by andai on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:13PM (#27666382)

I hazarded a guess that a bit more than 500 people suffer from diabetes in the US -- more like 34 million. If you could get one in a thousand to agree to take political action, that's 34,000 people.

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