Pandemics Make Profits

Pandemics Make Profits In ancient times, pandemics were rare and often separated by hundreds of years:

• Plague of Justinian (541-542 AD)
• Black Death (1347-1351)
• Great Plague of London (1665)
• First Cholera Pandemic (1817-1824)
• Spanish Flu (1918-1919)

The average spacing between these pandemics was approximately 344 years, reflecting their rarity.

Modern Pandemics In contrast, recent times have seen pandemics occurring much more frequently:

• SARS (2002-2004)
• Swine Flu (2009-2010)
• Ebola (2014-2016)
• COVID-19 (2019-present)

Now, pandemics seem to happen every 10 years or less.

Pharmaceutical Profits Pharmaceutical companies, whose job it is to STOP infections, are now making trillions from global pandemics. There is a clear financial incentive for these companies to benefit from more frequent pandemics.

A New Pandemic Norm With so much money to be made, it is likely that we can expect pandemics every five years or less.

We should aim to return to the historical norm of pandemics occurring every three centuries.

I smell a rat! In every other realm of human endeavour, technological progress improves our chances of survival.

However, in medicine and pharmaceuticals, we have gone from suffering global pandemics every 300 years or more to every 10 years or less!

Profits and Pandemics The recent COVID-19 pandemic resulted in enormous profits for the pharmaceutical industry.

Pfizer, Moderna, and others collectively made hundreds of billions of dollars from vaccine sales, treatments, and other related products.

The financial success of these companies during the pandemic underscores the enormous profits from global health crises.

And if people can make money doing something, they probably will!

WHO pandemic treaty Is this the World Health Organisation's vision for a better future: a money-making bonanza every 5 to 10 years?

Like I said I smell a rat!

I think that money is driving medicine

What do you think?

Chris Farmer #ReformUK