If you had a cure for cancer/AIDS... would you charge or make it free?

[Toothlessjoe]

What would you do and why?

Basically the premise is you have an absolute cure for Cancer/AIDS. You are the inventor/hold the patents etc, yours is the only one that is possible. Now, do you give it away for free to the world, so anyone can have it at no cost (aside from maybe doctor fees to administer it etc) or do you charge ridiculous amounts for it because you can?

Personally I would charge a ton of cash for it, but that's me.

[Mor3BL7]

I'd make sure you got infected with aids, and then sell it to everyone else but made sure you never got it so you couldnt get cured.

[SpicyDarkyFanny]

Id charge the hospitals for it and they would give it to the people who need it for free. Everybody wins

[imawolfrawr]

I would give it away for free to the people without health insurance and the ones that are rich with health insurance I would charge a shitload but not accept their insurance.

[DFG's Assistant]

I'd charge.

[L33tz]

open-source

[Actor]

I would just charge $1 billion for it. That way i'm set for life and it's basicaly giving it away. Everyone in the world can just pitch in a quarter.

[Method of Madness]

I'd sell it for $15,000 a cure. Insurance would pay for probably 60% of the customers. Then the government would pay for the other 40% to abolish aids. They would probably cut a deal or something, such as 50mil for X amount of doses

[Phlegm!]

For free.

They'd thrust me into the media spotlight anyway, and I'd reap the benefits from that alongside some book deal I'd cook up, about documenting the research I invested into this wonder-cure.

[Marijuanasaurus]

I would charge and use the money on something that will benefit mankind.

If there are less people with cancer, that means the population wont be decreasing, so wed need more space to live.

I would invest into the space program so we can one day live in space stations or other planets.

[Pile of Jews]

I myself, would do it for free. That way, you cure the AIDS infected hot chicks, and as a token of their graditude, they fuck you...AND YOU KNOW ITS CLEAN!!!

[reject]

Originally Posted by Actor

I would just charge $1 billion for it. That way i'm set for life and it's basicaly giving it away. Everyone in the world can just pitch in a quarter.

This.

[Jerry]

Originally Posted by Phlegm!

For free.

They'd thrust me into the media spotlight anyway, and I'd reap the benefits from that alongside some book deal I'd cook up, about documenting the research I invested into this wonder-cure.

This is the best.

Thread reminds me of Deus Ex....

[Gantz Graf]

I'd make it as close to free as possible. I don't think advancements in public health/welfare should be considered 'intellectual property', that idea just seems a bit ghoulish to me... but resources/production costs have to be covered somehow. Though in medicine that cost is nearly always incredibly negligable, so that point is kind of moot.

[Animal Farm Pig]

If it were an HIV cure, I could sell it for $0.10 per dose and end up with ~$3.3 million. That would be enough for the rest of my life, and $0.10 per dose is affordable even to the poorest of the world.

[HOLLISTER GUY]

I wouldn't tell anybody for fear of being killed by the group that created hiv-aids.

[Azure]

Sell it to Pfizer.

[Junior Jacon Jeese Jurger]

Originally Posted by HOLLISTER GUY

I wouldn't tell anybody for fear of being killed by the group that created hiv-aids.

Negros and monkeys?

[FrY]

Slight de-rail.

If some one had a cure for diabetis, and I had the cure for cancer, I would trade and go from there.

[Lysergic Rain]

The best option is to charge, but only for like a month. That way all the rich people would pay for it right away and I could take that money and use the rest to distribute the cure for free to everyone else in the world. You see, even if you gave it our for free, a lot of people in the world still wouldn't have access.

[FrY]

Originally Posted by Havoc

But unless you were pricked by a needle, born with HIV/AIDS, or otherwise infected with HIV/AIDS in a way that wasn't your fault, it's probably your own damn fault that you had HIV/AIDS in the first place. Taking steps to prevent STD's and infection from blood borne pathogens isn't hard. It's easy to say "fuck gay people, they're the reason for AIDS, but I'm not even going there. Regardless of sexual preference you can still have safe sex.

Think that dosent happen.

My sister lives in Saint Louis.

Some kid named Brian slide into her car just this past New Years, turns out this kid has AIDS beacuse his dad, Injected it into his son during the his divorce trials to gain custody.

[Lulzar]

Charge. Making drugs ain't free, yo.

[Nero]

Originally Posted by Toothlessjoe

Personally I would charge a ton of cash for it, but that's me.

You would, you lowly piece of shit.

[Nero]

Originally Posted by Marijuanasaurus

If there are less people with cancer, that means the population wont be decreasing, so wed need more space to live.

Dude, that used to be my philosophy too. Then Terrence Mckenna kicked my ass.

[YOUTUBE]85hsVBRQ_00[/YOUTUBE]

Think about it, what if everyone on earth only had one child and adopted any additional kids, or better yet just adopted all their children? Just think what it would do for the economy, environment and quality of life in general.

[ergoat]

Well, I don't know the exact stats in terms of numbers of deaths attributed to cancer and AIDS, but I imagine they're up there. Now as far as I'm concerned, relieving suffering is a good thing, but just giving out cures or even selling them is going to cause more suffering than it'll cure, because all those people that would be dead are then going to be alive and having children, and so overpopulation continues even faster than it otherwise would, consuming resources at a faster rate and so on.

So I think realistically I'd just patent it and/or keep it to myself. Maybe sell some one-time doses to people I knew would promote a better future. It'd be hard to accept that a lot of people were dying based on your decision, but it'd be harder to inflict that kind of suffering on the future people/environment.

EDIT: Chi, that would probably be okay theoretically, but I haven't seen much forward thinking from the world at large so far.

[Township Rebellion]

Hmm.

It depends. If I could do this, I would sell it to all the worlds governments for exorbitant prices on the sole condition that they'd have to administer it to the people without charging them i.e. for free. I win for taking from the rich and giving to the poor, all the while gaining for myself. Which, I'll be honest, alot of that money would be put to "responsible" use. After all, I would only need a garage so big, and I would and could only purchase so many cars. My house wouldn't even be that impressive, just comfortable.

In the real world, however, I would probably just give it away. At the most, in Canada, I would ask to be compensated for producing large amounts of it for distribution across the country; around the world would be tougher due to different methods of healthcare by nation. I probably would release the ingredients to the international public, basically making it completely free to everyone. It's the right thing to do.

[Gordan J. Authorman Sr.]

Even though I could and would desire to sell it privately, at a cost of $6,000,000,000 per customer, I know that the government would eventually sanction me or another entity would reverse-engineer it. So instead I would not only destroy all records documenting the synthesis of said drug, I would inject misleading, divisive information in to the HIV/AIDS research community, so as to stifle the search for a cure.

Hey, isn't Chi that kid who is supposedly an anarcho-primitivist who hates technology? Hmm, wonder why he supports HIV/AIDS research of all things? The kid has not got a fucking clue.

[Mr. White]

yeah, I agree

[Dionysus]

Originally Posted by Chi

Dude, that used to be my philosophy too. Then Terrence Mckenna kicked my ass.

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Think about it, what if everyone on earth only had one child and adopted any additional kids, or better yet just adopted all their children? Just think what it would do for the economy, environment and quality of life in general.

That was a good watch. He made a good point about ideolisation of innocense in children too. Kids are going to be doing what the fuck they want by the time they hit 12 anyway so you may as well encourage awarness instead of sighing "Kids will be kids" whilst they huff paint thinner.

On the Aids, I would make it free.

[Trix Are For Kids]

I wouldn't tell anybody because the government doesn't care about patents. If you did make this, they would steal it from you. If you tried to be greedy with it, even the people would know and not care.

[Nero]

Originally Posted by Gordan J. Authorman Sr.

Hey, isn't Chi that kid who is supposedly an anarcho-primitivist who hates technology? Hmm, wonder why he supports HIV/AIDS research of all things? The kid has not got a fucking clue.

Well shit Jim, I said "used to". I used to even support the idea of liberating earth from humanity, period.

[Marijuanasaurus]

Originally Posted by Chi

Dude, that used to be my philosophy too. Then Terrence Mckenna kicked my ass.

[YOUTUBE]85hsVBRQ_00[/YOUTUBE]

Think about it, what if everyone on earth only had one child and adopted any additional kids, or better yet just adopted all their children? Just think what it would do for the economy, environment and quality of life in general.

havent had time to check out the video, but i might tonight when i get home.

[-Fuck-]

Man, I sure don't know jack shit about the cure for cancer.

What I do wonder though is how Zeki Tamer could run 100 meters in 14 seconds at age 90....
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[33% God]

I'd make every girl with AIDS blow me then inject myself and her with the cure afterwards.

[Agathokakological]

I'd charge what it costs to make plus something small like $1. It would add up quickly for me, and would be minimal for everyone who has it.

[Mr. Dazed and Confused]

That would be a dangerous cure to possess, the big pharma corporations would probably issue a hit on you.

[Figure-8]

I don't meant to be off-topic, but there is already a cure for cancer, watch the Gerson movie.

[purewhitepanda]

I would destroy it and why i would is cuz am such a hater thats why nigga.....

[Death of Hope]

I'm a selfish bitch and would find a way to make money off of it no matter what.

However, AIDS and certain cancers are public health issues, so I'd do what most of big Pharma is doing with its drugs right now--most people or their insurance companies pay, but those with low income can apply for a scholarship through my comany and can have it for free.

That's just in the U.S., though. Not entirely sure how it would pan out in countries with national healthcare or third-world countries.

[godisme]

Originally Posted by Wood

Well, I don't know the exact stats in terms of numbers of deaths attributed to cancer and AIDS, but I imagine they're up there. Now as far as I'm concerned, relieving suffering is a good thing, but just giving out cures or even selling them is going to cause more suffering than it'll cure, because all those people that would be dead are then going to be alive and having children, and so overpopulation continues even faster than it otherwise would, consuming resources at a faster rate and so on.

So I think realistically I'd just patent it and/or keep it to myself. Maybe sell some one-time doses to people I knew would promote a better future. It'd be hard to accept that a lot of people were dying based on your decision, but it'd be harder to inflict that kind of suffering on the future people/environment.

EDIT: Chi, that would probably be okay theoretically, but I haven't seen much forward thinking from the world at large so far.

AGREE!!