On the one hand, medication to repair disease induced liver damage is fantastic.
On the other, there are more heavy drinkers than folks with Hep in the world. Treating this as a "preventative measure against liver damage" could lead to it being the next Viagra, and that really bothers me.
Not to mention the entire "Should heavy smokers be covered for lung cancer" equivalent arguement that I'm not touching with a ten foot pole.
yes. i too think scientific advancements such as this are well, amazing. but it will lead to ridiculously irresponsible behavior. i know weaselking used hpv vaccine as an example, but, i think there are more reasons than just hpv for girls to not be so promiscuous.. like.. um.. hiv?
I'm thinking from a first world perspective, but you might be right.
However, if they can bill this as a preventative, they'll always sell more of it than if it's a treatment, so the same issue exists regardless of the statistics.
I agree that it has positive effects on a whole if the cure works. I am simply cynical about the motivations of a portion of the individuals/groups who might be supporting the search for the cure. Thats all.
Don't mind me as I wince a bit more at that number. I thought it was under a billion (which was more then bad enough). M'god that is frightening.
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Date: 2007-12-27 08:33 pm (UTC)On the one hand, medication to repair disease induced liver damage is fantastic.
On the other, there are more heavy drinkers than folks with Hep in the world. Treating this as a "preventative measure against liver damage" could lead to it being the next Viagra, and that really bothers me.
Not to mention the entire "Should heavy smokers be covered for lung cancer" equivalent arguement that I'm not touching with a ten foot pole.
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Date: 2007-12-27 09:42 pm (UTC)I don't have the statistics at hand, but I'd bet you're wrong there. Hep B and C are ridiculously common in many countries, not to mention Hep A.
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Date: 2007-12-27 09:54 pm (UTC)However, if they can bill this as a preventative, they'll always sell more of it than if it's a treatment, so the same issue exists regardless of the statistics.
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Date: 2007-12-31 04:53 pm (UTC)(Just a tiny factoid.)
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Date: 2007-12-31 11:23 pm (UTC)Don't mind me as I wince a bit more at that number. I thought it was under a billion (which was more then bad enough). M'god that is frightening.