It's childish to say that we should stop putting money into one of the most important drugs of all time, which... - cures (not treats, but cures for a lot of p

It's childish to say that we should stop putting money into one of the most important drugs of all time, which... - cures (not treats, but cures for a lot of people) obesity and diabetes - lowers rates of heart disease - reduces the risk of various cancers - may help with addiction ...just because you can also diet to reduce obesity. If it were that easy, people would do it. No one enjoys being obese. There are a million complex factors that cause it, and some of them are genetic. Nearly 100% of people suffer from a disease that would be helped by GLP-1's at some point in their lives. Maybe it won't be useful for all those people because of efficacy or side effects or whatever, but every dollar that goes into them gets us back far, far more years of human life than researching rare diseases.