RE: RE: Prof Holgate's letter published in FT today - shown below1 Feb 2021 09:35
CityTT, undoubtedly big pharma have fingers in pies, and without doubt the elected folk in parliament need to answer some questions, but you've also got to consider the kind of health system we have.
Our system is a public service, so preventing people getting sick and keeping them out of hospital, needing expensive treatments makes the most sense.
The yanks system is completely different, that's almost totally driven by the free market, big pharma are happy for people to get sick over there, because hospital stays and treatment = huge returns.
There's obviusly corruption on both sides, but I know which system I prefer.
I'm not sticking up for the government here either, we obviously need a mix of profalactics and treatments, choices that take into account public health, not just governed by the public purse.