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<blockquote data-quote="MauroM" data-source="post: 2214400" data-attributes="member: 501742"><p>People, I understand the frustration of someone jaded with promises of a cure. BUT, we have to remember, the companies working on it are not capitalist monoliths folowing algorithms of "make money/doesn't make money". There are people working hard to develop better ways to treat diabetes (including people who either have it or have a relative who has it), they have motivations beyond simple profit at the expanse of the health of the populace (I could even argue it is better, economically, to charge, say, a hefty sum of money, NOW, to cure someone, than to risk getting discreet amounts of money from someone who might even die soon - the dichotomy of long term treatment and medicine against a definitive cure).</p><p>I'm not saying we are close to achieveing it, it's just that we shouldn't just assume it is against the interest of Big Pharma and therefore they don't <em>really</em> care (a LOT of people DO care).</p><p>Also, even without a definitive cure, we came a long way, in terms of technology and treatments available. Although I'm also rather skeptic regarding a cure in the near future, I believe that in our lifetime (even for the ones that are not all that young) we will have access to equipment to ease our lives (maybe, even to the point of not having to bother so much with bg levels, shots, doses, etc.). See the advent of CGMs and the development of closed loops.</p><p></p><p>TL;DR: We have the right to feel jaded, but we don't need to assume no one is interested or motivated to help us.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MauroM, post: 2214400, member: 501742"] People, I understand the frustration of someone jaded with promises of a cure. BUT, we have to remember, the companies working on it are not capitalist monoliths folowing algorithms of "make money/doesn't make money". There are people working hard to develop better ways to treat diabetes (including people who either have it or have a relative who has it), they have motivations beyond simple profit at the expanse of the health of the populace (I could even argue it is better, economically, to charge, say, a hefty sum of money, NOW, to cure someone, than to risk getting discreet amounts of money from someone who might even die soon - the dichotomy of long term treatment and medicine against a definitive cure). I'm not saying we are close to achieveing it, it's just that we shouldn't just assume it is against the interest of Big Pharma and therefore they don't [I]really[/I] care (a LOT of people DO care). Also, even without a definitive cure, we came a long way, in terms of technology and treatments available. Although I'm also rather skeptic regarding a cure in the near future, I believe that in our lifetime (even for the ones that are not all that young) we will have access to equipment to ease our lives (maybe, even to the point of not having to bother so much with bg levels, shots, doses, etc.). See the advent of CGMs and the development of closed loops. TL;DR: We have the right to feel jaded, but we don't need to assume no one is interested or motivated to help us. [/QUOTE]
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