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Originally posted by eldard
reply to post by kiwifoot
I'll still take Intravenous Ascorbic Acid over this, thank you very much.
Originally posted by rgseymour
reply to post by Oreyeon
Oreyeon, I dig your analogy "Think of the Pharma as the Pimp, and the Disease as the Whore".
Originally posted by Paveway27
reply to post by Oreyeon
Gotta agree with this guy. This will be last we hear of it, they (Pharmacy compines) will kill the people who made the cure. Or at least make it so it doesnt work and kill the peoples Characters. It happens all the time. There was a cure back in the 70's i read about in a book called "Behold a Pale Horse" Dude was killed. All I have to say is I hope this works out well.
Originally posted by Flatwoods
Just imagine for a moment what the world would be like if cancer were cured. Millions - possibly billions - of people who would otherwise die wouldn't, and the worldwide population would skyrocket. You'd see people living well past 100 years, maybe to 150, 200, and beyond. New and severe limits to human reproduction would have to be brutally enforced - the population control policies of China would seem mild by comparison.
What is most horrifying is that while cancer would no longer exist, most of the other ailments and difficulties of old age would. An enormous amount of mankind's resources, time, and energy would have to be devoted to caring for the increasing multitudes of elderly who, without cancer, would continue to breathe. I say breathe because, with bodies so emaciated and frail, you wouldn't call them living.
If you think about it, a cure for cancer may turn out to be the cruelest invention ever devised.
[edit on 29-6-2009 by Flatwoods]
Originally posted by Nathan9197
Everyones saying this is never going to see the light of day, but surely not every single medical practitioner or pharmaceutical company in the world is saying 'we cannot benifit from this, we'll make no money'. A cure for cancer im sure, is one of the most sought after things in human life right now. So why can't a cure this promising, be adopted by someone?
Am i missing something here?