More evil blather from John Ashton. This guy is in charge of UK public health? http://www.donotlink.com/b1bz
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"...the scandal of the unwillingness of the pharmaceutical industry to invest in research to produce treatments and vaccines..."
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"...they refuse to...because the numbers involved are, in their terms, so small and don't justify the investment." Bullshit. Outright lying.
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To repeat: before this year's outbreak, the highest yearly death toll from ebola was 280. Many years it's been zero. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ebola_outbreaks …
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Also? There are at least two ebola treatments that have been in development already. http://www.vox.com/2014/8/3/5962381/ebola-outbreak-vaccine-fda-halted-trials/in/5712456 …
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Meanwhile, malaria still kills about 600,000 people a year. That's over 300 times as many as ebola has killed in *recorded history*.
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Who does malaria kill? Brown people. It's extinct in Europe and North America. Who invests billions in malaria research & control? The west.
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Bill Gates' foundation by itself has donated $1.3 BILLION to fight AIDS, TB and malaria. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation#Global_Health_Division …
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John Ashton says "This is the moral bankruptcy of capitalism acting in the absence of an ethical and social framework."
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@clipperride It's analogous to the blood libel, TBH.
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