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prionustevh t1_jbwy2cj wrote

Reply to comment by dgkimpton in More than 200 people have been treated with experimental CRISPR therapies by rherbom2k

Tbh what types of treatments the wealthy are getting that middle class can't get with good savings? I'm just confused cause I don't know any treatments middle or at least upper middle class can't get.

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dgkimpton t1_jbx4kia wrote

For example https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/sci-tech/fda-approved_novartis-s-new-475-000-cancer-drug-among-most-expensive-ever/43482544

Also, how do you square "upper middle class" with not being wealthy? I definitely consider them wealthy. Frankly even poor Westerners are wealthy beyond belief compared to a significant portion of the planet. Where do you draw the line?

Medicine/healthcare has always started by being available to those who could afford it, and eventually become more widespread. This is no different. It's insane to expect it to work any other way because the development costs have to be paid somehow.

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prionustevh t1_jbx9mii wrote

My point is there's nothing reserved for the Billionaires, Multimillionaires. Which is what most people think of when we talk about gene editing/longevity therapies in the future.

Yeah the people in poor countries will probably never afford it because they already lack basic Healthcare level unfortunately.

But alot of people in this sub act as if new advances in therapy will be only for Billionaires.

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dgkimpton t1_jbxsazl wrote

Hmm, alright, I certainly expect gene editing therapies to be available to a much wider audience than billionaires - even if they tried to avoid it someone somewhere would be open to making money by offering it to the merely wealthy instead of the obscenely wealthy.

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