this post was submitted on 10 Oct 2023
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[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For those of you wondering, the answer wound up being "yes it is". This is why click bait headlines are bad.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 44 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In this instance, I think maybe the fact that they're asking, at all, is more telling/alarming/relevant than whatever the answer purportedly is.

[–] xanu@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago
[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 13 points 2 years ago

What kind of amateur journalist doesn't know Betteridge's law of headlines?

[–] squiblet@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

Companies aren't motivated to find actual cures diseases that are highly profitable like type 1 diabetes. If they do, I expect it will be like the $3.5 million treatment for hemophilia.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago

This is not a shitpost. This is just reality.

[–] donescobar@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Capitalism’s success already accounts for the poor to die as a feature not a bug

[–] EnmaAi22@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Without the poor the rich couldn't exploit anyone but themselves

[–] guyrocket@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] arin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seems the same with COVID and flu, just get your annual shots even though you can get reinfected by variants

[–] MindSkipperBro12@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Virus are infamously hard to cure because of their wild mutation variants

[–] bobby_hill@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago