if you look at the pharmacy industry, they have much more interesmt to sell drugs that keep you alive, than drugs that cure you
... And having said that, you go on to acknowledge, correctly, that for many diseases pharmacological "cures" do not exist. So, what are we supposed to do? Refuse treatment because absolute cures are not being offered?
Dunno.... To me, a medication like a Statin, which is the product of literally centuries of cumulative hard work and scientific progress, is almost like a miracle. It is less imposing than a half mile long ship or a 100 story building, but the amount of sophistication it takes to make it is.... comparable.
Or, take Insulin. We take it almost for granted, and we like to find shortcomings with it - but it keeps millions of people living their lives, instead of being dead and buried. This everyday medication is an incredible product made possible through genetic engineering. |
