893 | What The Duck: Swindler’s List
Volunteers for the Excuse Resource System 2.0?
Perfect for the SAF!
1 month ago
“What is clear is that we are all gifted. And the tragedy on display is that this is masked, defeated, debilitated. By conforming to the statistical, logical, socially-constructed patterns of this world, we ensure that the laws of ‘normal distribution’ require us to describe each one of us as ‘above the mean’, ‘below the mean’ or ‘within n standard deviations of the mean’ – as if these mean something. The truth is simple: we are multifactorial, talented in a myriad ways.”
“
Easy is to get a place in someone’s address book.
Difficult is to get a place in someone’s heart.
Easy is to judge the mistakes of others.
Difficult is to recognize our own mistakes.
Easy is to talk without thinking.
Difficult is to refrain the tongue.
Easy is to hurt someone who loves us.
Difficult is to heal the wound.
Easy is to forgive others.
Difficult is to ask for forgiveness.
Easy is to set rules.
Difficult is to follow them.
Easy is to dream every night.
Difficult is to fight for a dream.
Easy is to show victory.
Difficult is to assume defeat with dignity.
Easy is to admire a full moon.
Difficult to see the other side.
Easy is to stumble with a stone.
Difficult is to get up.
Easy is to enjoy life every day.
Difficult to give its real value.
Easy is to promise something to someone.
Difficult is to fulfill that promise.
Easy is to say we love.
Difficult is to show it every day.
Easy is to criticize others.
Difficult is to improve oneself.
Easy is to make mistakes.
Difficult is to learn from them.
Easy is to weep for a lost love.
Difficult is to take care of it so not to lose it.
Easy is to think about improving.
Difficult is to stop thinking it and put it into action.
Easy is to think bad of others.
Difficult is to give them the benefit of the doubt.
Easy is to receive.
Difficult is to give.
Easy to read this.
Difficult to follow.
The price of a course of ciprofloxacin, an antibiotic used the world over to treat a range of bacterial infections, varies enormously. The cost depends on where the pills are bought, and whether they are sold under a brand name (such as Ciloxan or Cipro) or as a generic version. According to data collected by Health Action International, an NGO, branded pills sell for an average of $101 a course in America, while the generic variant is available for $9.25. In Britain, branded versions cost only about half as much as in America, perhaps reflecting the bargaining power of the country’s National Health Service. In India, large drug companies compete to cater to poor consumers, ensuring that even branded ciprofloxacin costs less than $2.50 per course. And Brazilians pay about the same for branded and more for generic ciprofloxacin than even much wealthier Americans. Differences in national health-care systems mean that consumers typically shell out different proportions of the full cost of pills, because many countries subsidise medicine. (via The price of pills: Drug money | The Economist)
So a drug is an actual chemical compound with a very defined chemical structure. The chemical structure is what the FDA approves. That’s what makes it a certain drug. A different chemical structure is a different drug.
Therefore, there is no difference at all between a branded medication and a generic medication. There is no difference between Cipro the brand and ciprofloxacin the generic. It’s just marketing. Ask your neighborhood pharmacist. They get ciprofloxacin for about 7 cents a pill.
It’ll be cool to see where Singapore stands in the chart.
1 month ago