I just saw the MJF ad.

With a familial history of Parkinson’s, I had never seen anyone with such pronounced body movements.

Fox looked more like he had Tourette’s .

No, I am not being mean or trying to be funny.

The PD I saw in my family was mostly hand and arm tremors. After working in a hospital for a little while I saw quite a people with symptoms stemming from neuro disease.

I am not saying I am a doctor or play one on TV-I have a 25 percent chance of getting PD myself. That commercial was very troubling to me.

Limbaugh’s rant was what you can expect form a drug addled, deaf, irresponsible talk show host.

THAT SAID….

Why are we supposed to support giant mega medical companies in finding a cure for PD or any other illness?

If you break a bone and you need a screw and plate to fix it you are looking at a at least 150 dollars for two screws and another few hundred for the plate.

Then the hospital is sold a ‘special’ screwdriver with a special driver bit for a few grand.

The screws are stainless steel, threaded and driven differently……..I can buy 30 boxes of regular stainless screws the same size, at my local hardware store.

That’s roughly 3,000 screws.

Giant medical companies sell pills manufactured for pennies to ill people for astronomical markups.

Why should the public finance stem cell research and then pay for it again when a cure is found?

It’s not like these companies have no research facilities in operation now. They want the money from the gov’t. so they can make even more profits.

Company “A” uses 1 million to find a cure for “X” disease. They spend 1 million to produce the cure. Another million to package and distribute it.

Why spend 3 million dollars that can go into the company coffers when you can get the money from the U.S.?

I do feel sorry for Fox, but find the idea that a few dollars will suddenly make the difference is absurd.

On the date that any disease is conquered, take a look at the stock for that company the next day, check the cost of the cure and about the dollars that the company heads will make.

Giant drug companies are not willing to spend money on research that may not give them any answers. It’s far more easy to use someone else’s money.