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In reply to the discussion: I'm going to make the Covid / Flu comparison... [View all]smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I don't know if you have any young people in your family, but in mine, there are so many allergies in the younger generation (and none of my siblings have any allergies) and so many of their little friends are allergic as well.
I have one niece who has to carry an EpiPen with her everywhere she goes because she has a severe allergy to peanuts (and eggs, dairy, seafood, etc.). Of course Joe Manchin's lovely daughter just jacked up the price of those pens from about $55 to $320 - $350, depending upon insurance. A standard 2-pack now costs between $600 and $700 (because you always need a backup). Her name is Heather Bresch (Joe Manchin's daugher) if you want to read more about her, but she is a sickening, typical, capitalist, republican pig.
Luckily, my sister and her family can afford this, but many people can't and it's a matter of life and death for them. You can die from an anaphalactic reaction to something that you are allergic to. Those pens are needed to save lives. I just find it so disgusting that these people are playing games with people's lives in order to satisfy shareholders and make a bigger profit for themselves.
It just repulses me. Sorry for the rant, but I feel like these people are seeing children's allergies as an opportunity to cash in, instead of a problem to solve. It just makes me so angry.