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TheGoodFight2015 t1_iyl9sik wrote

Reply to comment by DoraTehExploder in Vaccine prompts HIV antibodies in 97 per cent of people in small study by tonymmorley

Yeah this is dumb because if one group can make a cure, they will reap multiples of billions very quickly.

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fallingcats_net t1_iyljtzb wrote

The problem with one group is, they are easily bought by an established pharma corp

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[deleted] t1_iyllgfy wrote

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skarn86 t1_iylmh6z wrote

Those promising treatments are, for a large part, working.

Of course cancer is not one disease, it's a lot of distinct diseases with a few common features, and as such they are treated with a broad spectrum of different techniques. Many of those promising cures of course didn't pan out (such is the difficult path of progress), but many other added one extra arrow to our quiver.

Have you checked how the survival rates for cancer have changed over the decades?

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DoraTehExploder t1_iylf6vs wrote

You ever heard the thought experiment surrounding choosing to take $100 today or $1 every day for the rest of your life?

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TaqPCR t1_iyloqza wrote

Yes the CEO has the company take the $100. Exclaims how he's made the company a ton of money very quickly. Then moves on.

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TheGoodFight2015 t1_iyvr874 wrote

Patents expire. Treatments will enter generic use licensing. There is no conspiracy to stop the treatment of cancer, that’s absolutely ridiculous. You think the smartest scientists in the world could ALL be bought off without anyone saying anything? A lot them work for way less money than you’d expect… they’re not in it for the money they’re in it for the cure. You’re bordering on disrespect for cancer patients and cancer scientists and healthcare workers.

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DoraTehExploder t1_iyx9f6n wrote

Lmao ok, you enjoy huffing on that ignorance buddy; it is meant to feel like bliss after all. If you ever decide you wanna join the real world you could start with Googling the difference in patent law since the early 1800's, which are the definitions you seem to be going off of, and then you could move on to understanding the separation of will between the business arm of a multinational capitalist institution and the subtextual will of those whose work is exploited for sale.

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TheGoodFight2015 t1_iyywbwi wrote

So you think we have discovered a cure for cancer and corporations are just crushing it time and time again? No young budding scientist has ever blown the lid on it? Everyone is being fed a total lie?

I agree corporations are controlling our societies in ways they shouldn’t be, but you’re starting to trickle off into the rant in the style of a Q’anoner and it’s not endearing to your side. I haven’t even disagreed with the idea of power structures controlling itself, just pointing out the inconsistencies in the argument. I’d invite you to do the same and be logical if we want to have a real discussion.

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