Anonymous #1 1w

Well that’s a specific and new medicine I mean like the cure for tuberculosis

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Anonymous onigiri. 1w

So then antibiotics, yeah you’re right. It’s cheap and easy to make that

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Anonymous #1 1w

Yes. Like, cheap medicine that could effectively exist worldwide but just doesn’t. Like antibiotics. I’m aware brand new medical technologies are not artificially scarce, dawg. I’m not mad every third world country hasn’t cured hiv with gene therapy yet or some shit

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Anonymous #1 1w

Lmao

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Anonymous onigiri. 1w

It’s funny you use HIV as this example bc we tend to take for granted the fact that ppl with it can now live normal lives with medication. Which is still expensive, but doesn’t have to be

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Anonymous #1 1w

True but those aren’t really cures they just prevent the negative affects. But yes I’d say prep and the one that makes it so hiv doesn’t kill you should also just be available for anyone on earth. The fact they aren’t is murder.

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Anonymous onigiri. 1w

Yes and no. I agree that they should be more readily available and cost significantly less, but not available for everyone on earth. You should definitely see a medical professional before taking things like antiretrovirals and antibiotics bc without proper usage you can very easily create superbugs that are resistant to many known antibiotics. Also TB is kinda complicated in that once you have it you kinda have it forever, your body just walls it off in your lungs 1/2

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Anonymous #2 1w

We can and regularly do treat people before they have a really bad TB infection and they can get over it with the proper antibiotic regiment, but again it needs to be done right and with proper instructions to prevent complications from taking substances which can also harm you 2/2

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