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The very successful rollout of three COVID-19 vaccines has changed public opinion. Possible breakthroughs on cancer and HIV may provide another boost.
Michael Shermer, a famous skeptic, was forced to admit that one of the reasons is that some of them are true. In his research he found that the fact that some conspiracy theories are real feeds people’s suspicion and makes them susceptible to the belief in others that are far less credible. We are increasingly herded into taking a hard line on issues which are nuanced. One example of this is an apparent increase in two camps: some people are entirely against mainstream medicine while others will bend over backwards to mount an extreme defense of the indefensible excesses of Big Pharma.
Despite bitter objections and no votes from the czech republic hungary, romania and slovakia. the plan only addresses a tiny fraction of the migrants flowing in to europe. some 35,000 entered croatia in just six days last week. the drug company that's been taking heat for a 5,000% overnight increase on a critical prescription drug is now rolling that hike back. the medication is called daraprim, and is used to treat people with weakened immune systems from pregnant women to people with aids. the ceo of turing pharmaceutical, a 32-year-old former hedge fund manager, initially justified the pr...
Turing pharmaceutical ceo seems to be rethinking his stance on a drug used to treat a life threatening parasitic infection. on monday you may recall he gave a resounding no when cnbc's meg terrell asked if he would roll back the 5,000% price hike of daraprim. he initially said the increase would go to researching a new pill. but, some medical experts, they are reskeptical. >> we don't need another drug in this space. and there's no indication that this guy has any idea how to do drug research and development. >> and in a phone interview with nbc news' andrea mitchell yesterday he defended the ...