the vaccine thing in europe feels like its turning into some cheap spy thriller now. italian police raided some medical warehouse and found that there were literally THIRTY MILLION ASTRA ZENECA VACCINE DOSES there that the company had just not reported at all and when they were asked about it they were like “oh i dont know uh, i guess half of these are for europe yes, yes they were always meant for europe, and the other half is for covax countries. don’t ask why we were sitting on this secret stockpile and didn’t ship them at all, even though covax countries are exempt from export controls. we didnt mean to send these to the usa or britain when the export controls expired, that would simply be silly”

just as a reminder:

been watching livestreams of US news channels lately and

1) they have a LOT of commercial breaks

2) i didn’t realize that ads for medicine were actually like this

ppl keep reblogging this and asking “well what are the medicine ads like in your country” and like…there aren’t any? It’s literally illegal to advertise prescription medicine here?

All of America: God I wish that were me

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HOSPITALS. ARE. ALREADY. REQUIRED. UNDER. LAW. TO. PROVIDE. LIFE. SAVING. EMERGENCY. CARE. REGARDLESS. OF. ABILITY. TO. PAY. OR. EVEN. CITIZENSHIP.

Stop acting like Americans have no access to emergency healthcare unless we socialize medicine.

IF. YOU. GO. AND. CAN’T. PAY. YOU’RE. STILL. THOUSANDS. IN. DEBT. THIS. IS. NOT. ACCESS.

This hospital in my city just threw out a homeless man

The hospital which took me in after I collapsed from the fist sized tumor over my heart, released me after refusing to diagnose it as cancer, which would have forced them to give me some kind of treatment. The doctor at the county hospital which took me in looked at their tests and said, “this is CLEARLY cancer, why didn’t they diagnose it? We can’t let you leave.”

Hospitals find ways when they want to, to avoid helping people when they want to.

“Oh that’s illegal, you should sue” “ with what money and how will I get the time and energy when I’m busy recovering from chemo?”

People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.

Absolutely this: “People who can’t afford treatment also can’t afford to protect their rights.”

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK

A little fucking louder.

NOT TO MENTION PEOPLE NEED REGULAR HEALTHCARE AND IF THEY HAD ACCESS TO THAT THEY WOULDN’T NEED EMERGENCY HEALTHCARE AS MUCH.