The tragedy here goes far beyond the direct damage to the patents who were prescribed this vile stuff off-label. There's also the collateral damage to the medical establishment that supports this -- can anyone argue that the anti-vaxxers don't have a point when they're on about exactly this sort of profit-driven evil from Big Pharma?
I myself am an anti-anti-vaxxer (a pro-vaxxer?) who actually supports state-mandated vaccinations, but this puts me in the very uncomfortable position of having to defend one corner of an industry that does the kinds of things described here and a government that has failed at the most basic oversight.
So the next time you read about a measles outbreak at a theme park or you see a scientifically illiterate ghoul like Jenny McCarthy peddling her child-killing nonsense on TV, spare a thought for Johnson & Johnson, because they're feeding the anti-vaxxer paranoia and kneecapping legitimate public health efforts.
I myself am an anti-anti-vaxxer (a pro-vaxxer?) who actually supports state-mandated vaccinations, but this puts me in the very uncomfortable position of having to defend one corner of an industry that does the kinds of things described here and a government that has failed at the most basic oversight.
So the next time you read about a measles outbreak at a theme park or you see a scientifically illiterate ghoul like Jenny McCarthy peddling her child-killing nonsense on TV, spare a thought for Johnson & Johnson, because they're feeding the anti-vaxxer paranoia and kneecapping legitimate public health efforts.