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> Despite our emerging results, the Pfizer executives in charge of research and external alliances told us the company did not want to develop a new diabetes th
by chiefalchemist 10mo ago
> Despite our emerging results, the Pfizer executives in charge of research and external alliances told us the company did not want to develop a new diabetes therapy that required injection,
Well, COVID certainly put an end to those fears (by consumers). Coincidentally, obesity was also said to increase COVID risk. Hollywood couldn’t have scripted it - no pun intended - any better.
- Traubenfuchs 10mo agoWait -your angle is that covid vaccination increased people‘s acceptance of injectable pharmaceutics and covid / its vaccine was made up (or blown out of proportion) so people would get more ozempic?
- chiefalchemist 10mo agoNo. Not my angle. That is exactly what happened. Injections are no longer a only-if-absolutely-necessary. The stigma is mitigated.
- duskwuff 10mo agoFlu shots were accepted as a routine thing long before 2020. I don't think the stigma existed in the way you're imagining.
- chiefalchemist 10mo agoAccepted? By who? You’ve misread the room