When I used to live/work abroad then come back to the US it was so alarming seeing drug commercials again. It just shouldn’t exist. So i completely agree with the worm on this one
This is a good thing. His motivation may be more sinister. It could create a situation where non medical treatments can be advertised without restriction and genuine medicines can’t. It needs to be applied to all treatments, even unregulated ones.
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There will be exceptions. Anything endorsed by Dr Oz will be allowed. Anything endorsed by Trump will be allowed.
Ban anything with FDA approval.
There are fools who believe that Big Pharma won’t take over Big Supplement (and the ads will be for supplements).
That would be awesome. However, some TV channels are nothing but pharma ads, so they would fold overnight, no more funding.
My wife has had Hallmark on over the holiday vacation and this channel is pretty much nonstop pharma ads.
It struck me after the first hour or so that every ad break wasn’t like the usual network collage of various garbage with an occasional ad for this or that medication thrown in. It was literally every ad on their network.
That’s because Hallmark is mostly watched by old people.
“No way to fix this” says only country where this happens
Heh, he’s crazy as all get-out, but I agree with getting drug ads away from the uneducated public. If an ad has to have “ask your doctor about”, it shouldn’t exist anywhere, not just TV.
He just wants this one to de-educate people on the existence of drugs in general, but honestly, if you need to see a doctor to talk about them/get them, they don’t need advertising in the first place. It does open up a bigger discussion on knowledge about the availability of pharmaceutical treatments, though, since some people probably ask their doctors about symptom treatment based on ads. It’s purely reactive and the wrong way to take care of your health, but, I won’t ignore the obviously systematic issues with access to affordable healthcare for proactive care, vs. “make this hurting stop” care.
In Canada, they aren’t allowed to tell you what a drug does in the ad, but they still have them. They try to hint at what they do, or just give you a vibe for it.
The classic example is the original series of Viagra ads.
Fishing for bribes imo.
Yeah do that, definitely.
calling it now: RFK be gone in less than 6 months
doesn’t say much, considering most of the “best people” trump picks don’t last that long
He might never even get a real appointment. I’m sure Trump’s campaign just wanted him to avoid splitting the vote.
If he would just get on board with vaccines and generally not be crazy, he might actually do some good here in other areas. Too bad we can’t have a non-crazed person do some of these things
'member that time some crazy person tried to do that thing? that was crazy. are you trying to do that same thing? you must be crazy like that crazy person.
Why stop there.
I guess the worm didn’t eat all of it.
Remember, this would probably include flu/COVID vaccines at CVS just as much as restless leg syndrome pills. Just because the words “ban drug ads” sound like a good thing doesn’t mean the implementation is acceptable. Don’t throw the baby out with the bath water.
Drugs ads are illegal in Canada, this has not been an issue.
It’s the beginning of science denial. Similar denials are impacting Louisiana:
Oh, I wasn’t aware that literally every western nation except New Zealand were into science denial.
Yes, that would be good, but let’s be real here, this is basically a statement that says “hey big pharma, I’m not getting enough campaign contributions!! Get off your ass and give me some cash!” - Trump
This will NEVER get passed in a Trump administration. It’s all window dressing on a big pile of streaming shit.
RFK doesn’t mind annoying the corporatocracy…
Sure. If RFK were President then it could possibly happen… But just imagine one big pharma company handing Trump a check… You think for one second this would pass?
Most of what RFK proposes or wants to propose would impact the bottom line of big pharma.
You think they’re going to allow that?
Never fuck with the money.
I seem many bad things being said, and some hopeful things mixed in. I’m just waiting until it’s all said and done to assess the outcome.
I will be happily surprised if it comes to be… But I won’t give them any credit for just saying the words.
Finally this loser advocates for something I don’t like.
