• forrgott@lemm.ee
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    2 days ago

    Keeping us healthy and telling the truth will never maximize profits.

    If the drug can help, the sick person will buy it. If it cures you when the pharmaceutical company can sell one that treats, but does not cure you, then they will not sell you the cure.

    Your “gotcha” is weird and useless.

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      2 days ago

      You forget the need for good PR from time to time.

      They gotta release a treatment every once in a while to keep public oppinion up to acceptable levels.

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        2 days ago

        Nope! They don’t need PR. They have commercials, at least in the US, which are illegal like, everywhere else on the planet. But if they want the extra boost, they can rely on media attention given to “potential” cures.

        If it’s more profitable to treat instead of cure, they will not cure you. Profit line must go up, remember?