An important message from John Green re: Johnson & Johnson's pursuit of the secondary patent of bedaquiline, which would result in an estimated 6 million people not being able to afford this treatment.
@JNJNews @JNJGlobalHealth we must put people over profits.
If you believe Johnson and Johnson @JNJGlobalHealth @JNJNews evergreening their patent on bedaquiline, denying millions of HUMAN BEINGS access to life saving medical care, is a violation of their corporate credo, please voice your concern here.
https://t.co/0BDOEIcLm7
Johnson & Johnson (@JNJGlobalHealth) is unjustly extending a patent on a life-saving tuberculosis drug. Today's the day for them to realize denying MDR-TB patients treatment is not worth the harm they're causing to core brands like Tylenol and Neutrogena. https://t.co/JArPHWpmv5
An open letter to @JNJNews. Stop pursuing the secondary patent of bedaquiline. YOU KNOW that millions of people will be unable to access lifesaving treatment for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis if you extend the patent. YOU KNOW it violates your credo. https://t.co/JArPHWpmv5
In part because you are monopolizing the distribution of bedaquiline, a life-saving medication that most people who need don't get because you keep the price of the drug artificially high.
Because of your bad business and ethics decision, MDR-TB can spread further and faster.
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I'm cisgender.
I don't say that because I'm "reclaiming" the word because it's not an *insult* let alone a slur. It's a fact. I was assigned female at birth & identify as a woman... It's that simple, you idiot.
(Idiot, however, *is* an insult. Hope this helps. ❤️)
#CisIsNotASlur
@JAYREDALEXANDER Honestly I'm a little worried about the next decade too lol. The Lions im hopeful on, maybe for the Tigers later in the decade. Wings and Pistons idek anymore.
I knew it felt like we've been bad forever but seeing that after this Tigers season it'll be 10 years without a Detroit team advancing in the playoffs really puts it in perspective.
Days since one of the four major Detroit sports teams advanced in the playoffs:
Tigers: 3,534 days
Red Wings: 3,685 days
Pistons: 5,510 days
Lions: 11,483 days