On Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:49:37 -0000 (GMT), Michael Chapman wrote: >> The modern day pharmaceutical industry is perhaps the one exception to >the rule that patents are bad to humanity. Why is that? Well, because >it's remained the most sacred, shielded, unquestioned, and especially >for the longest time. In part because of the huge and quite possibly >unfounded shielding it has. Sometimes that actually works. > >I've been holding my tongue, but seeing as Sampo has added an >[OT] tag: > >Is it not strange that Medicine relies on patent medicines, >whilst Surgery relies on published 'open source' >procedures . . . ?
Yes, curious isn't it? Similarly, often a surgery can be curative. In contrast, most drug treatments are not. They are often intent upon supressing, but not curing, the underlying issue while sustaining the revenue stream derived from perpetual ongoing treatment. Michael -- Michael Graves mgraves<at>mstvp.com http://www.mgraves.org o713-861-4005 c713-201-1262 sip:mgra...@mstvp.onsip.com skype mjgraves Twitter mjgraves _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
