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There is rightly focus on whether this drug works, but the more interesting question is "assuming it does work, what then?". Now you opened up the balance of c
by Gunax 5y ago
There is rightly focus on whether this drug works, but the more interesting question is "assuming it does work, what then?".
Now you opened up the balance of cost and effectiveness. Therein lies the nest of vipers.
- bradleyjg 5y agoThat’s a solved problem. The solution is called QALYS. Richer or poorer countries can set the total budget differently and then QALYS tells you how to spend it.
- denimnerd42 5y agothat does not at all sound controversial
- gnu8 5y agoI don't know why anyone thinks it is acceptable for human lives to be considered more or less valuable depending on which arbitrary geographical division they were born within. Why don't we just murder and eat each other then? That is how barbaric we are.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoWhy do taxpayers not choose to pay taxes to develop the medicines and have them in the public domain?
- JoshuaDavid 5y agoWhat exactly do you mean by the word "acceptable" here? "Finding something acceptable" can describe an incredibly wide range of behaviors, from "not starting a violent revolt over it but still hating it" to "endorsing the thing as being good actually".