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I wish I had the time to make a chrome extension that replaced all usages of "big pharma" with "a thing I don't personally understand but hand-wave away because
by junon 5y ago
I wish I had the time to make a chrome extension that replaced all usages of "big pharma" with "a thing I don't personally understand but hand-wave away because I refuse to do proper research on my own".
It would make such comments much more meaningful and honest.
- ekianjo 5y agoSaid like someone who completely avoid the whole argument by convenience. Big Pharma is a thing. A consolidated industry with very few major players who have huge regulatory capture. You can either continue being blind to it or realize they have a disproportionate influence in how decisions are taken.
- junon 5y agoPharmaseutical companies cannot just place products on the shelf without regulation. And no, they do not have some conspired place in the government rungs that gives them any sort of sway. There were LOADS of pharma companies that were denied the ability to produce a vaccine because they didn't meet the requirements. And just like your doctors aren't incentivized to misdiagnose you to run more tests and get more money from you, pharma companies are not incentivized to mislead patients and make them think they need 10 shots when 1 will do. There are so, so many independent research groups, including several in the government, that would love to publish findings that pharma companies are misleading people. It does happen, but not often.
- bavell 5y agoDoes this apply to all usages of "Big Tech" as well? Or is that different?
- junon 5y agoDepends on the context. "Big Tech" can mean working for a large, often FAANG company. But there are markedly less conspiracies cooked up about big tech than there are about big pharma.
- Glench 5y agoHere you go chief: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replacerator/gaajhenbcclienfnniphiiambbbninnp?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/replacerator/gaajh...