Comments on: In Africa, a 50-cent vaccine saves thousands http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 12:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138948 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138948 "MenAfriVac is much cheaper than existing meningitis A vaccines, at 50¢ compared with $120 per dose." Stupid money-grubbing Big Pharma, always in it for the obscene profits. “MenAfriVac is much cheaper than existing meningitis A vaccines, at 50¢ compared with $120 per dose.”

Stupid money-grubbing Big Pharma, always in it for the obscene profits.

]]> By: magicjo http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138702 magicjo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138702 i was so pissed/ dismayed to find this wasn't a vac that fitty have pumped his millions into - you almost made my day... i was so pissed/ dismayed to find this wasn’t a vac that fitty have pumped his millions into – you almost made my day…

]]> By: winkybb http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1139251 winkybb Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1139251 Wouldn't it be better to spend the money on womb transplants? Wouldn’t it be better to spend the money on womb transplants?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1139022 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1139022 Very hopeful news! Keeping an eye out for increased effectiveness in treatment against one disease is important. But it is equally important to make cross-disease comparisons in terms of cost-effectiveness (in terms of DALY's). See the comparison here: http://www.givingwhatwecan.org/resources/immunization.php Let's do what we can to bring health to the world! Very hopeful news!

Keeping an eye out for increased effectiveness in treatment against one disease is important. But it is equally important to make cross-disease comparisons in terms of cost-effectiveness (in terms of DALY’s). See the comparison here:
http://www.givingwhatwecan.org/resources/immunization.php

Let’s do what we can to bring health to the world!

]]> By: mordicai http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138776 mordicai Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138776 But if we price vaccines to cost, how will the pharmaceutical companies make money? A few thousand lives is precious little to pay for the wealthiest 1% to keep getting richer, if you think about it. But if we price vaccines to cost, how will the pharmaceutical companies make money? A few thousand lives is precious little to pay for the wealthiest 1% to keep getting richer, if you think about it.

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1139550 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1139550 I saw a talk by these guys at a conference last year. It's a pretty inspiring story of the possibility of developing drugs on a non-profit basis. Granted, it depends on a fair amount of prior work and tech development, but it was still able to roll out a substantial public health intervention well within the budget of even the poorest of countries for a relatively small amount (few million) of donated money. I saw a talk by these guys at a conference last year. It’s a pretty inspiring story of the possibility of developing drugs on a non-profit basis.

Granted, it depends on a fair amount of prior work and tech development, but it was still able to roll out a substantial public health intervention well within the budget of even the poorest of countries for a relatively small amount (few million) of donated money.

]]> By: awjtawjt http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138790 awjtawjt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138790 It's a wonderful thing. But, unfortunately, Tuberculosis is far and away the biggest killer. It’s a wonderful thing. But, unfortunately, Tuberculosis is far and away the biggest killer.

]]> By: febryle http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138815 febryle Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138815 No wonder autism rates in Africa are skyrocketing! Oh, wait... No wonder autism rates in Africa are skyrocketing! Oh, wait…

]]> By: gman http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138824 gman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138824 Maybe my cynicism is just flaring up but I'm waiting for some pharmaceutical company lobby to try and stop this evil threat to their profits immediately, if not sooner. Maybe my cynicism is just flaring up but I’m waiting for some pharmaceutical company lobby to try and stop this evil threat to their profits immediately, if not sooner.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1139082 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1139082 From their website: In May 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded PATH a US$70 million grant to launch the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), a joint project between the World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH. Ten years later, and following vaccine licensure and WHO prequalification of MenAfriVacâ„¢, the Foundation awarded the project a 2.5-year, US$17 million extension grant to support clinical research related to the use of the newly developed vaccine in infants. From their website:

In May 2001, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarded PATH a US$70 million grant to launch the Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), a joint project between the World Health Organization (WHO) and PATH. Ten years later, and following vaccine licensure and WHO prequalification of MenAfriVacâ„¢, the Foundation awarded the project a 2.5-year, US$17 million extension grant to support clinical research related to the use of the newly developed vaccine in infants.

]]> By: urizon http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1139129 urizon Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1139129 And this is profitable, how? Sounds like these parasites want to destroy shareholder value. And this is profitable, how? Sounds like these parasites want to destroy shareholder value.

]]> By: The Tim http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138622 The Tim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138622 Oops, you've got a bit of Verizon Math in your headline... Oops, you’ve got a bit of Verizon Math in your headline…

]]> By: Alvis http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138630 Alvis Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138630 First thing I noticed, too! .50-cent =! 50¢ FYI: http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html First thing I noticed, too!

.50-cent =! 50¢

FYI: http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/2006/12/verizon-doesnt-know-dollars-from-cents.html

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138894 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138894 Oh, a cheap, readily available drug? Sounds like a perfect candidate for the new FDA approval method, in which we take a cheap, readily available drug, name it "Makena" and then give a monopoly on it to a drug company who raises the price from $10 to $1500. Oh, a cheap, readily available drug? Sounds like a perfect candidate for the new FDA approval method, in which we take a cheap, readily available drug, name it “Makena” and then give a monopoly on it to a drug company who raises the price from $10 to $1500.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138639 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138639 So when does America get this? A one time saving of $119.50 may not sound like much to some people, but to poor parents across the nation, every bit saved on their child's medical care counts. ~D. Walker So when does America get this? A one time saving of $119.50 may not sound like much to some people, but to poor parents across the nation, every bit saved on their child’s medical care counts.

~D. Walker

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138640 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138640 Hopefully the anti-Vaccine crowd won't kill too many people by dumping on the initiative; although I'm sure they'll try. Hopefully the anti-Vaccine crowd won’t kill too many people by dumping on the initiative; although I’m sure they’ll try.

]]> By: Woolly Mittens http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138657 Woolly Mittens Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138657 Funny how you never hear anti-vaccers complain about this sort of thing. Funny how you never hear anti-vaccers complain about this sort of thing.

]]> By: Churba http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138662 Churba Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138662 I knew .50 Cent's music was bad, but Killing thousands? I find that a bit hard to swallow. I didn't even know they sold his albums in Africa. I knew .50 Cent’s music was bad, but Killing thousands? I find that a bit hard to swallow. I didn’t even know they sold his albums in Africa.

]]> By: Trevel http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138663 Trevel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138663 About time Fitty gave something back to the community. I had no idea he was doing vaccination research, though... About time Fitty gave something back to the community. I had no idea he was doing vaccination research, though…

]]> By: jeligula http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138685 jeligula Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138685 If we had this strain in the States, you can bet it would be well over $150 a dose. If we had this strain in the States, you can bet it would be well over $150 a dose.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2011/06/14/in-africa-a-50-cent.html#comment-1138943 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1138943 All kinds of cheap fixes for a troubled world sweety. here's a few that come to mind: http://www.leprosy.ca/ http://www.cbmcanada.org/default.htm http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjQXkEfz2c All kinds of cheap fixes for a troubled world sweety.

here’s a few that come to mind:
http://www.leprosy.ca/
http://www.cbmcanada.org/default.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFjQXkEfz2c

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