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Report: U.S. 2050, 1-in-3  with type 2 diabetes

Report: U.S. 2050, 1-in-3 with type 2 diabetes

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Originally posted by FMF
So you don't have any predictions on how the free market mechanism might respond to the possibility of a health crisis like the one mentioned in the OP?
I don't believe there's going to be a crisis.

Edit: In my first post on this thread I said as much.

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Originally posted by Wajoma
I don't believe there's going to be a crisis.
Is that because you think private enterprise is going to be able to address the issue between now and 2050, or is it because you think widespread type 2 diabetes is not a crisis, or is it because you think the stats on type 2 diabetes are wrong?

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Originally posted by FMF
Is that because you think private enterprise is going to be able to address the issue between now and 2050, or is it because you think widespread type 2 diabetes is not a crisis, or is it because you think the stats on type 2 diabetes are wrong?
I doubt the veracity of the stats. It comes from an organisation with a vested interest, like the environmental organisations that paint a bleak picture from their stats, they're just looking to suck a little more blood.

If you attach some importance to the stats, take a look at your own diet and exercise regime and adjust as/if necessary, but get this idea into your head, a persons body is their own most personal possession besides maybe the thoughts in their mind, they are responsible for it, get your hands off.

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Originally posted by Wajoma
I doubt the veracity of the stats.
Ah yes well this explains the page or two of non-sequiturs we got from you. The OP says, quite clearly, "If it turns out that the National Institutes of Health are right..." and then asked - based on that premise - you if have any predictions on how the free market might react to a health crisis like that. LOL. No wonder you've been all over the place. You haven't been reading the posts you're responding to.

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Originally posted by FMF
Ah yes well this explains the page or two of non-sequiturs we got from you. The OP says, quite clearly, [b]"If it turns out that the National Institutes of Health are right..." and then asked - based on that premise - you if have any predictions on how the free market might react to a health crisis like that. LOL. No wonder you've been all over the place. You haven't been reading the posts you're responding to.[/b]
What if god turns the clouds into rocks and they rain down on our heads?

My first post explained it pretty clearly.

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Originally posted by Wajoma
My first post explained it pretty clearly.
So you don't have any predictions on how the free market might react to a health crisis - like the one there would be if it turns out that the National Institutes of Health are right?

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Food available to the poor is unhealthy. Public schools seldom have time for exercise for the children.

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Originally posted by FMF
If it turns out that the National Institutes of Health are right, and by 2050, 1-in-3 Americans will have type 2 diabetes, (a) does anyone have any conjecture or predictions about how the private sector and free market might address or react to this health issue, and (b) what steps - if any - should the U.S. government take?
Sounds like a great opportunity for the pharmaceudical (is that a word?) industry to make some money off of medications to treat the symptoms.