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What I’m afraid of is that this just ends in an arms race of ever unhealthier lifestyles versus medication to counter-balance that. These aren’t wonder drugs. P
by eska 2y ago
What I’m afraid of is that this just ends in an arms race of ever unhealthier lifestyles versus medication to counter-balance that. These aren’t wonder drugs. People just need to stop eating garbage food, and too much of it. And the government should pass laws to facilitate that to counter lobbyists
- BitwiseFool 2y ago>"People just need to stop eating garbage food, and too much of it." Easier said than done. However for the vast majority of the people taking these drugs, these drugs enable them to finally do that.
- selectodude 2y agoThis is a drug that literally turns off the part of your brain that craves overeating. Governments can’t legislate against human nature, as much as the nanny state wants to. We fixed food production without fixing the scarcity mindset that got us here. Now we’ve fixed that too.
- throwaway19972 2y agoIt's a pretty dangerous mindset to imagine you're "fixing" a problem rather than "treating" a symptom.
- daedrdev 2y agoObesity is the main cause of myriad health problems. It is both treating a symptom, and fixing a problem. On average, somekne imwho is obese will love a much healthier life that is years longer than it would be without the drug. If that isn't an amazing outcome for medicine, than what is? Everyone dies, so all medicine treats symptoms at some level
- throwaway19972 2y agoSure, but none of us know what the impact this drug will have on a societal level yet. Saying we've "fixed" anything is ridiculous.
- daedrdev 2y agoBut this drug is basically mind controlling people to live healthier. Its not countering an unhealthy lifestyle, it improving their current lifestyle