 thinkingblue says: I have often commented on the greed of Big Pharma. But, came across this article which tells a story of how a Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist , living in African, wanted to save lives by trying to change habits that induce disease to routines of prevention. As in, washing hands after each toilet use. Easier said than done because an often unconscious pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition is what makes you, you. So how can an entity go about changing unconscious unhealthy responses into ones that can save lives? Well, by seeking the help of the very industries that have for years spent billions of cash on manipulating the public and convincing them they cannot live without their products, in other words, changing habits. Makes sense, Big Pharma is good at it and perhaps, indirectly, all they have learned to part us from our $$$ can now be of benefit to those who are dying simply because of bad habits.  These are words of wisdom from a cyber pal of mine. ----- How about Big pharma shipping millions of bottles of hand sanitizers to Africa, et al. That might counterract some of the habits. of course we need to take into account that there may be water faucets few and far between. It's a helluva lot easier to turn on a faucet to wash hands than to have to hike to someplace far distant and lug jugs of water back to the old homestead. And, too, there are some places in AFrica suffering from ongoing and long lasting DROUGHT. The priority for water might be to prevent death through ingesting the water rather than using it for hand washing and bathing -- except for the RICH AFRICANS, tha... |
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