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...only incentive for the development of new cures. It's a compelling argument, of course, within its own logic (even though its critics like to point out that some of the AIDS drugs, such as protease inhibitors, were originally developed in taxpayer-funded institutions). But it's difficult to fault the drug companies for behaving according to corporate logic, which is based, above all else, on the profit motive...
...choice. Indeed, we have to ask whether we're comfortable allowing millions of people to die simply because they are unable to afford medicines we are capable of producing in plentiful supply. And let's be very clear about this - it's not the drug companies that are at fault here. They're behaving as corporations behave. If they behaved like nonprofit organizations then they wouldn't be corporations. In other words, the questions raised by the Pretoria trial are a challenge to our society as a whole, or at least to the very principle of medicine for profit...
...California, earthquakes are caused by tectonic plates sliding past one another. We're familiar with these plates, and we know where the fault lines are, and so we can prepare for the quake, at least in part, by enforcing strict building codes. The Seattle area is defined by a plate sliding toward North America - and when that plate hits the coastline, it pushes underneath the continental shelf. Wednesday's quake originated more than 30 miles under the earth, and so by the time the shock got to the surface, we didn't feel it as much as we would have...
...checked additional bottles that were made in the same time frame as that bottle, and we found no evidence of fault in the product...taste, smell or otherwise," said Lanz...
...agree with Lewis that the most important consideration in alcohol policy is student safety. The no-fault policy for those who go to UHS due to alcohol intoxication is a good policy that needs to be more consistently enforced across both the College and UHS. However, this policy is only effective to the extent that students trust it; every time students hesitate to seek medical attention for themselves or others, an alcohol-related death or serious injury becomes increasingly likely. To be effective, this policy must be accompanied by a substantive guarantee of confidentiality; intense questioning by a proctor...