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RE: Why not?
By bob4432 on 4/12/2007 8:04:24 PM , Rating: 2
there is no $$$ in the cure, just the medicine!!!!!! we will never see a cure for anything, just drugs to keep it all under control. call me a conspiracy theorist but that is how i feel. medicine in all its forms is probably a multi trillion dollar a year industry globally, so why would they make a cure and stop the $$ coming in?

i have suffered from a serious neuromuscular disorder since 1999 and when you figure i take ~600 pills/mo and get injections that cost thousands of $$$ 3-8x/year do you think the medical community wants to stop making thousands off me alone? when you consider i see a neurologist, pain managemnt, family doc and neurosurgeon many times a year i alone employ numerous people by suffering, so do you think anybody really wants me to get better? hell no, they would rather see me suffer, live a sh!tty, painful life while they get fat $$$ wise off of my suffering.

your thoughts are in a good place, but reality tells me that there will never be a cure when serious amounts of $$$ will be lost. so the last major ailment that was cured was what, polio? and when? now think about how much more knowledge we have now along with computing power and we still don't have cures for anything else in the past 50+yrs (not sure of the exact time, but quite a while) but we sure have come a long way with meds to keep things under control but not fix them, and many people have gotten rich through the suffrage of people living with horrible ailments....just think about it....

RE: Why not?
By Lakku on 4/12/2007 10:57:30 PM , Rating: 2
Well, if I had to believe in a conspiracy, this would probably be the one. However, we have gotten to the point with modern medicine that most viruses and bacteria infections can be 'cured', treated, or made better. AIDS is one of the last major diseases we have no cure for that is not genetic or a neurological disorder. The reason I don't believe the conspiracy is for that reason. Cancer, neurological disorders, muscle disorders etc. can occur in a lot of families for a variety of reasons, mostly genetic or enviromental. We as a civilization haven't figured out how to fix these disorders, either before or after birth. Either way, these disorders aren't like viruses etc that can be stamped out due to a vaccine, and will afflict people for years to come. Therefore, they would still be able to make massive amounts of money off of cures or vaccines, because either 1) EVERYONE would be getting the vaccine or 2) people will be at risk or will develop cancer or other diseases etc., and thus there will always be money to be made. Hence, no conspiracy for me.

RE: Why not?
By bob4432 on 4/13/2007 2:13:54 AM , Rating: 2
eventually everyone would be vaccinated - like smallpox and then no more $$$, hence no more vaccines.

RE: Why not?
By Manfred on 4/15/2007 3:02:52 PM , Rating: 2
Umm yeah I just got my second smallpox vaccination a few years ago. Small pox is alive and well, just not as wide spread as it used to be.

RE: Why not?
By Gatt on 4/13/2007 12:36:17 AM , Rating: 3
Two things.

1. We in the Medical field are no more happy about dealing with sick people than the people are about being sick. We work our butts off with impossible patient to staff ratios, sick people jump all over us for the littlest thing like they're the only one in the building. Trust me, if we could cure everyone of everything so that we'd only have to see you for emergencies/checkups/get cure, we'd do it in a heartbeat.

2. Drug companies aren't the only ones who can find cures, plenty of non-profit groups, universities, and solo-researchers working on problems that finding a cure is in their best interests.

RE: Why not?
By bob4432 on 4/13/07, Rating: 0
RE: Why not?
By Kuroyama on 4/13/2007 11:09:48 AM , Rating: 2
It depends. Some are definitely nearly fraudulent, even if technically legal (look at all the United Way scandals), but for the most part non-profit workers are not particularly well paid.

RE: Why not?
By DeltaZero on 4/13/2007 6:44:04 AM , Rating: 2
Somehow I believe you more than the conspiracy people.

Whoever finds a cure will make loads of money, not to talk about publicity. I seriously doubt that somebody wouldn't do it because 10 years later lots of OTHER people would lose their jobs. Even if that person would still want to continue working with all the money, I believe he/she would easily find employment.

RE: Why not?
By TheGreek on 4/13/2007 10:02:28 AM , Rating: 2

But the greed will continue to your benefit. Rx Co A makes $1000/month from one of your meds, then Rx Co B comes out with another drug that costs $800/month and gains a customer. Wouldn't you expect that to happen? Look at Rogaine and how much the cost of that has dropped in order not to lose market share. But that's in general of course, and may not apply with rare health issues.

Vaccines by the way need to be administered to everyone. Polio, smallpox, etc.

The other question is, what's the alternative? Is is better to keep paying from a treatment or save your money and no options?

Yes Rx Co.s are very greedy. What co. isn't?

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