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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:00 AM Original message |
The Problem With the Left and Pharmaceutical Companies |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
1. They are the best equiped to develop cures. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I don't think that... |
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angrycarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Think about it. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:04 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. They are constantly working on vaccines. |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
20. The money's not in vaccines |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. Again... |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
47. and an expensive and perhaps unnecessary one... |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:58 AM Response to Reply #10 |
30. That's how drug discovery works |
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EstimatedProphet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 10:12 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. What you're describing is performed under a double-blind study design |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:57 AM Response to Reply #3 |
29. No they aren't. The government should be subsidizing research - |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Most basic research that leads to new drugs is done in universities |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:07 AM Response to Original message |
2. Ooh, now you've done it... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Rational? LOL! Throwing out straw men is the antithesis to rationality |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:20 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Pray tell, did you buy all that straw or do you farm your own? |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. thanks for correcting me. You throw out straw men and not red herrings. |
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varkam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:55 AM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Oh, I get it. You didn't stop by to actually discuss anything. |
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elocs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:17 AM Response to Original message |
6. I agree with the Bush/Hitler thing. It was great around here for us to congratulate ourselves |
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tabatha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
9. Our Daily Meds |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
11. The people that bash Big Pharma seem to think the "Alternative Med" quacks aren't just as evil. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 12:47 AM Response to Original message |
12. My continued existence on the planet depends on |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. But Big Pharma are Nazis |
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northofdenali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. My problem with Big Pharma? |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:12 AM Response to Original message |
18. I'm still waiting for the Big Pharma shoe to drop on statin drugs. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It's not going to happen. |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. You really should do that |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:31 AM Response to Reply #19 |
23. I hadn't heard about the extension |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:33 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It's a good time for whistleblowers. |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:31 AM Response to Reply #24 |
34. I am an insider and you |
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Vinca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. So did Darvon. nt |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
40. Statins aren't the end all to be all for what a whistleblower could expose |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. baycol. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:35 AM Response to Reply #18 |
38. We are much better at saving people having heart attacks now. |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. no cure for type one diabetes in decades |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. My dog's insulin |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:01 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. I wish I lived in Canada |
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irislake (967 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #31 |
37. Maybe not |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
25. You're right |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
26. how timely |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 08:54 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The first video (before you edited) is very damning of doctors for being dupes for big pharma |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:20 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. my point is |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. It's true and why it might be in our interest to make it easier for the many small pharma companies |
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TZ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
35. Absolutely true |
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Individualist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. Rah, rah DLC |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
42. nationalize the phamacutical industry along with nationalizing health care. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
43. My husband has worked in pharma manufacturing for the past 8 years... |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. I'm not sure that's from "the left". The Alex Jones rightwing trends more towards "demonic readings" |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Mar-02-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
46. I love how sensible you are! |
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