[quote]Zeppelin795 wrote:
[quote]SexMachine wrote:
[quote]Zeppelin795 wrote:
It is the people’s business when those with too much wealth begin to effect their lives in a negative way.
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What are you talking about? Give me an example of what you mean.
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Who are you to say that it is okay for the minority to subjugate the majority with the power that too much wealth brings?[/quote]
Ah…I never mentioned subjugation or the ‘power that too much wealth brings.’ You’re projecting your delusions onto me. Take a deep breath.[/quote?}
Unfortunately, that is the end result of your assertions and implications but you don’t even know it.
Let’s take Big Pharma for example. You can not get fat derived stem cell therapy in the U.S. because it works so much better than the garbage drug cocktails that they invent it would mean a huge economic threat to them. So the American public has to suffer because the greedy pharmaceutical companies want to make them customers in which they can enrich themselves to the detriment of the public[/quote]
Wasn’t the U.S. mainly against stem cell therapy due to ethical, religious concerns?
The Big Pharma enriching themselves to the detriment of the public. I’m sorry to put it this bluntly but are you crazy?? The only way doctors can help people is by doing nothing, giving them drugs or surgery. Big Pharma provides drugs, so how are they detrimental to the public?
Do they enrich themselves? Of course they do! It’s called being paid for what you do. The point of a company is to offer a product that people want and get paid for it. What do you expect, that they distribute drugs for free? Or should pharmaceutical industry be run by the state? That would be interesting. Do you get paid for your work? If so, can I conclude that you’re greedy and enriching yourself? Do you even have the slightest idea how much time and money is needed to develop a single drug for human use?
Why do you make the claim that stem cell therapy is such a wonder cure? It is VERY promising, but that’s not enough to implement something. Hell, the COX-2 selective NSAIDs (Vioxx) were promising too, and we know how that turned out. Even so, let’s suppose the efficiency and safety are proven without doubt, what about cost-effectiveness? In a increasingly socialized medical care system this becomes extremely important. Not every new therapy gets implemented, even when it gives better clinical results.
A huge economic threat to Big Pharma when finding something that works? How did you reach that conclusion? If they find something that works, the demand for this product rises, which means more revenues. You’re right that demand for another product might decrease then, which is compensated by less production. You do realize that in 20-50 years the population will age a huge amount and health expenditure will rise exponentially) Big Pharma will be far from threatened economically, even if tomorrow they find “a cure for cancer”.
In your post you seem to suggest that Big Pharma wants to keep people ill so they continue to buy their products. Am I correct in reaching that conclusion? If that’s the case, why distribute vaccines? Why try to prevent disease?