Whistlin' Dixie
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Based on?
Think of it logically (a sure fire way to disprove a lot of conspiracies)
If a pharmaceutical company announced it had developed a working cancer cure, imagine what would happen?
The companies share price would skyrocket making the shareholders exceptionally rich (or more so than they already are)
As well as the money from shares and drug sales, there would be a massive influx of cash from various governments for further research and development.
Not to mention the entire research staff and company CEO would likely be in line for a Nobel Prize and possibly have their names recognised alongside the likes of Louis Pasteur (a cancer cure really is that big a deal)
How and why could you possibly keep that under wraps?
Supply & demand. Restrict the supply; or don't admit there's a cure (if there IS one) but instead say there is a drug which is shrinks tumours with a success rate of say 70% and there's enough profit in that. Give 30% a placebo (Or a highly diluted version) and the rest the bona fide and your claims ring true......and the cash still rolls in.
Openly bringing out a cure isn't necessarily a 'name your price' as drugs can be made generically, at a much cheaper cost.
The fear factor & doubt element pay their way as much as bringing out a cure & making it available to all regardless, could ever do.
Think of it, if you will, like faults on cars. Rather than have a total recall if someone dies because of an inherent fault in a component, car manufacturers would rather see a few more people killed than immediately recall the vehicles for repairs, as the cost of the compo paid out for the deaths would be far less than the recall/repair costs of several (perhaps hundreds of thousands) of cars.
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