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Using the word “therapy” is spot on. Even if we could cure cancer, we won’t. Cures are not profitable. On going therapy is.
by transfire 4y ago
Using the word “therapy” is spot on. Even if we could cure cancer, we won’t. Cures are not profitable. On going therapy is.
- kulahan 4y agoThis is the weirdest conspiracy theory I've ever seen. You could charge 10x the cost of therapy for a single pill that cures cancer and people would pay it, even with INSANE side effects. It's not even a question about how much more profitable a cure would be vs therapy. Plus, it's not one of those diseases like a bacterial or viral infections where you clear it out and it's gone. It could pop back up the next day if you're unlucky, so they don't actually lose any potential customers by curing some.
- Gatsky 4y agoMy car had a flat battery once. The repair service came by and the guy asked me what I do while he was replacing it. I said I worked in cancer research/healthcare. Without hesitation he said to me: "What do you think about the idea that there is already a cure for cancer, but it is being kept secret because there is more money to be made in treating it?" It occurred to me that it was much, much more likely that superior longlasting battery technology had been invented but was being kept secret because it was more profitable to keep selling batteries. But I didn't say that. There is absolutely zero chance that a 'cure for cancer' is sitting in the locked bottom drawer of a filing cabinet somewhere.