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Charles Rice, Nobel Prize winner in Medicine: ‘It’s a crime that a drug exists that could cure everyone yet not everybody has access to it’ (english.elpais.com)
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[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The irony of paywalling a piece positively portraying an anti paywall advocate is rich

[–] couldhavebeenyou@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The alternative is paying through ads

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Don't get me wrong, journalism should be a paid profession in a capitalist society, just pointing out the irony (90s Alanis Morissette style).

While I do indeed hate paywalls and find modern journalism fundamentally broken, I recognize their utility.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I'm pretty sure anyone in the US has had enough pharma ads smashed in their faces for conditions they don't have their quota for a free vaccine should have been met about 20 years ago.