FFS! Decades ago when the only access to info for most would have been studying at uni, being able to gain access to expensive textbooks, or signing up to expensive subscriptions to paper journals I could have forgiven some of the stupidity as a lot of information was reserved for the various professions and had a lot of financial obstacles to be able to access it.
Now it's literally in the palm of most people's hands. Even most of those without jobs/jobs on the books seem to be able to have instant social media access (yes not everyone though!) with enough data and bandwidth to watch and share a lot of crap. Why not spend time actually reading reputable sources rather than FB theories or random blogs of people with similar credential to themselves (little or none!). It's one thing to just not understand what you are reading and either keep quiet or seek clarification, but these idiots that just spew word vomit all over the screen as fact and the 'incapable-of-free-thought-thinkers' lap it up. There are conditions that are the result of pharmaceuticals, but those conditions/symptoms are not as significant and/or life threatening as the disease they are treating. Indirectly pharmaceuticals probably have resulted in some conditions and disease...WHY?...because they helped increase life expectancy by treating illnesses that previously killed people in childhood or early adulthood. Alzheimer's and various cancers probably weren't a huge issue when people were dying in their 40s or younger of highly communicable diseases or from conditions that are now preventable or diagnosableand treatable. If this lot had their way, we'd be catching cholera from untreated water (because chemicals...), those living in poverty would no doubt have all the diseases of malnutrition as we wouldn't be supplementing if needed, nor would foods be fortified, they'd happily risk their teeth (because fluoride) and well they wouldn't be getting them fixed easily as anaesthetics are drugs, needles likely been sterilised in Ethylene Oxide and they definitely would be refusing sedation for extensive work as well midazolam kills! The bad teeth and gum issues would also be a real risk to heart health because of the risk of endocarditis. Quite a number of them wouldn't survive child birth, and well would be at a lot of risk as they'd no doubt just constantly be popping them out as they wouldn't have all the contraceptive offerings, and I wouldn't be surprised if a handful never actually had kids because well fertility meds and IVF would be a no-go and there's bound to be some truthers out there now that either user fetility services or were the result of. Can you imagine all the limb deformities that were possible as they wouldn't be having pain meds and x-rays for broken bones (and well surgery without drugs...
). For many of them their botox and fillers wouldn't exist, nevermind anything more invasive.
And when we look away from the UK to the likes of the US, often the poorest are the sickest and cannot afford medication, so who's causing their disease? Look at the amount of diabetics across there that cannot afford insulin...and no McDonald's haven't caused that as they are in on it or anything as we are talking about Type 1 which has nothing to do with weight or diet and usually starts in childhood. What about the disease processes in countries that have poor vaccination rates because of lack of access to medical services?
I am in no way saying there aren't issues with Big Pharma. There have been a lot of issues around ethics and at the end of the day they are private companies looking for profits but to claim they are creating every disease is just ridiculous, unless we are happy to go back to a time where healthcare really didn't exist and we are happy with halfing life expectancy and risking kids having disabling diseases.
Plus, do none of them actually stop and think about the common cold, etc. No doubt they are very much aware of who had it around them when they caught it...evidences viruses exist otherwise why is you kid detoxing from something and then suddenly that starts you detoxing too? Norovirus...why does my partner throwing up put me at risk of throwing up a day or so later if he's just getting rid of the paracetamol he took a few days before? IDIOTS!