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I have a disease too profitable to cure
Posted August 23rd, 2011 by Jessica Nicholas
Diseases are profitable. While that is a sad thing to think about, it’s true. Revenues are generated by illness because treating them requires resources. What’s even more upsetting is that the world seems to currently value the profits generated by disease more than seeing people freed from sickness. At 12, I was diagnosed with Type [...]
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