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MAHDOOD | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I heard statins are the most profitable drug in America and I think they want to keep it that way
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vlada | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They are number 2. Number 1 is a drug called Humira, which is a "miracle drug" used for treating autoimmune diseases, especially rheumatoid arthritis. 

Look up the incidence rate of autoimmune disease on a historical chart btw. Everyone is bloody sick these days with one of these.
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MAHDOOD | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 This is what I found
https://image.nostr.build/5341516f08c848557fac241b9360eb56c1d95b30bc7900b00ebe1a96d9c5c69e.jpg
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vlada | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Yup, that's pretty much accurate. 1-2% of ALL women now have Hashimoto disease. If our hunter gatherers were as sick as we are today, we would have gone extinct a long time ago.