• Soulfulginger@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    What do you even mean by this? Those issues are important, but familial hypercholemia also affects 34 million people. A treatment like this would be helpful for people across all classes

    • daftwerder@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      I think what they’re getting at is that most people wouldn’t be able to afford this treatment.

      • Kalkaline @leminal.space
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        1 year ago

        This is a problem now, especially in America where people avoid going to the doctor even though they’re pretty sure it’s cancer, but they are out of a job right now and have no idea how they would be able to afford treatment or the time off from work.

      • Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Well that’s a dumb position to take since nearly every technology is only for the rich when it was invented