Scientists discover an amphibian gut bacterium 100% effective in destroying cancer cells in rats

[lonetac]

This reads less like insight into human nature and more like despair wrapped in conspiracy. Yes, people can be selfish. No, that doesn’t mean the world is run by cartoon villains murdering CEOs for curing cancer. If that were true, cures would never happen...yet they do, repeatedly, across history.

Losing faith in humanity doesn’t make the argument true...it just explains why the argument feels convincing.

There is also business in repeat customers.

letting a cancer patient die means less profit as that person could redevelop cancer and be a repeat customer.

Just blew his conspiracy up in one sentence.

 

[Loadedaxe]

If you believe that, I've got a used tampon to sell you.

I don't need it, I live in reality, you could use it to soak up all that brain wash in your head.

 

[Loadedaxe]

There is also business in repeat customers.

letting a cancer patient die means less profit as that person could redevelop cancer and be a repeat customer.

Just blew his conspiracy up in one sentence.

The “repeat customer” argument is based on a flawed premise. Cancer is not a single disease but a broad category of biologically distinct conditions, each with different mechanisms, treatments, and probabilities of recurrence.

Many cancers do not recur at all, and when they do, they often require entirely different therapies. From a medical and economic standpoint, patient death is not a revenue strategy...it represents treatment failure, increased regulatory scrutiny, legal risk, and reputational damage.

The idea that withholding cures is profitable does not align with how oncology, drug development, or healthcare systems actually function.

Real conspiracies in healthcare tend to be small, boring, and eventually exposed...not globe-spanning plots that require every researcher, regulator, hospital, and competitor to stay silent forever.