tl;dw: Johnson and Johnson is using a legal loophole to extend a patent on a life-saving drug, preventing generics from being made. Scientists estimate this will lead to 6 million more people dying of tuberculosis over the next four years, because they cannot afford the high-priced name-brand drug.

  • GarfieldYaoi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    wojak-nooo: "But that's IMPOSSIBLE!!! 40 million in 12 years!? But internet told me fascism is wholesome chungus and the Soviets were the bad guys for killing nazis!"

    • Dr_Gabriel_Aby [none/use name]
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      1 year ago

      In the Soviet Union, if you enabled and helped the Nazis kill 50 million people, you got in trouble and sent to prison! Anne Applebaum told me all about it.