A cure...

What would happen if there was a cure for ?

Its something that I've been thinking about since reading the article about AIDS having been cured. (It was not cured. There was ONE man who, under special circumstances, is HIV-free (seemingly) right now.)

What would happen if there was a cure for any terrible disease? Would this cure be mass-produced and distributed at large to people who needed it? Hah! If you think so, I admire your rosey outlook on society in general. Well, partially admire it. Mostly think you're a optimistic idiot. No large drug company is going to be that kind.

They will recognize that people suffering from will pay anything / do anything to be cured. The price will be enormously high (Need I remind you one of Lily's meds is 5000 dollars a bottle?), and demand will far outweigh supply. 

Charity programs will be set up so that pharmaceutical companies can trumpet their kindness for all the world to hear about. qualifications to get into these programs will be insanely hard to reach.

You'd see headlines about people dying from the disease because they couldn't afford the cure. About people dying because they didn't get the cure in time...the disease was too advanced.

Then, maybe 15-20 years down the road, prices will finally be driven down a bit. Deals will be reached. The medicine will be more accessible. Maybe then, will be mostly cured. However, until humans in general can let loose of their greed, and self-serving interests, that terrible disease will only be cured for select groups. The rest will be in a figurative lottery to get the few free doses that sporadically come up for grabs. 

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Okay, that was random and didn't have a ton of coherency, but that's what happens when I have a beer in me sometimes.

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Lily is with Kyle at his parents house. Momma has cheesy horror movies and a 6-pack of beer.


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