"BobR" wrote in message
> GeekBoy wrote:
>> "BobR" wrote in message
>>
>> >
>> >
>> > GeekBoy wrote:
>> >> Treatment never stops, while cures don't make money.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > What cure? The human body isn't some machine that you can just
>> > replace a defective or damaged part with a new part manufactured to
>> > specification. No two are created the same and there isn't a users
>> > manual or set of specifications for any of us. So, treatment is in
>> > many cases the only alternative we will ever have. Every doctor out
>> > there would love to be the one to find the cure for cancer or even the
>> > lowly common cold but for every desease we find a cure for or a
>> > prevention such a polio, it seems a dozen new deseases move in to take
>> > their place.
>> >
>>
>> No, but a lot of diseases can be cured and many have been eradicated.
>>
>> The March of Dimes started as the National Foundation for Infantile
>> Paralysis for getting rid of polio.
>>
>> Well, polio was eradicated then suddenly many people looking to be out of
>> work so they changed to birth defects.
>>
>> Well, birth defects are not so common now so they have turned to other
>> things to stay in business.
>>
>> Cures don't make money.
>
> Those diseases that can be cured and you gave an excellent example,
> are being cured. The research will always go for the diseases that
> have the largest impact which is only natural. It would be great if
> there were no more diseases left but that is not likely to happen in
> our lifetimes. What I don't understand is your concern that once a
> cure is found, research then moves to other areas. Are you proposing
> that it stop? I sure hope not.
What I am trying to get across is that cures do not make money.
As a corporate powerhouse, do you think they would rather cure 1000 people,
or provide them with lifetime treatments?
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