[SunRescue] OT: CA: It's Our Turn (fair drug prices)

[Bill Bradford]

Okay, this is REALLY off-topic.  Lessee, what discussions should always
be banned:

1.  Editor wars
2.  Religous debates of ANY kind
3.  Politics

Bill

On Mon, Apr 09, 2001 at 10:12:41AM -0400, Ken Hansen wrote:
> First off, this is *hardly* on-topic, but what is?
> The 10% of Ugandians that are HIV positive need the drug no mater what 
> the price is (fair or unfair).
> That they can not afford, and subsequently will not recieve the drug is 
> a bad thing.
> The *evil* drug companies that invested *hundreds* of Millions of dollars in 
> developing these drugs deserve to be recompensed for their risk and efforts.
> You do understand the cost of the medicine exceed the fractional penny it 
> costs to put the compund in tablet form, right? I assumed you did.
> You are also aware that several drug companies have decided to provide
>  heavily subsidised AIDS treatments to Africa and other parts of the 
> world devastated by AIDS?
> Ken

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Bill Bradford
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