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Even if it doesn't, there's a lot more profit in advertising than insulin. The economy would probably function better if diabetes patients were left untreated a
by derpmeister 14y ago
Even if it doesn't, there's a lot more profit in advertising than insulin. The economy would probably function better if diabetes patients were left untreated and die, since the cost saving estimates are quite enormous.
- lazugod 14y agoWhy should we care more about the economy than we care about people with diabetes?
- ciupicri 14y agoIsn't the treatment paid by the patients?
- derpmeister 14y agoThat's only a fraction of the costs involved. For one, today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients.
- derleth 14y ago> today’s diabetes patients are tomorrows alzheimer patients ... possibly. Or they could be tomorrow's cancer patients, or tomorrow's stroke patients, or tomorrow's jack-knifed tractor trailer across three lanes of traffic patients. All those can happen to people without diabetes, too, though; it's part of living.
- derpmeister 14y agoSure, I get that. But diabetes and Alzheimer’s are actually related: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-a...