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Originally Posted by swatsurgeon
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It is a shame that these issues arise but as the article pointed out (correctly) blood transfusions were reduced but mortality was not , in a statistically significant way. The drug costs 5-12k to administer depending on dose and if you repeat the dose, it's a hospital budget killer but made a few people alot of money (paid doc speakers, etc) promoting it to the civilian world. Too bad, i hope Dr. Holcome was not in that group. I know he has lectured and written about its use but hopefully without 'consultant fee paid' bias. 
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Hey bro, many know the pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of money to hospitals and doctors (private and public), as part of their reseach. Never have I seen a more incestuous relationship. Any surprise that after 10 years of sustained battle we would see their practices cross over to the Military and our good doctors?
I can read the headlines how...
"Pharm X - Gives Millions to Military Doctors to lecture, administrate, and deliver test related drugs to wounded soldiers".
"Pharm X - Stocks rise 3rd Qtr because of the enless supply of available patients".
"After a long and much anticipated wait, Pharm X is contracted by DOD, and the medical machine of the US Navy, Army to administor....."
"A Zombie Apocalypse has begun at the US Army hospital Womak, Ft. Bragg, NC - wounded soldiers from the 3rd Special Forces Group, previously unable to walk are now moving about. Fellow ODA team members welcome returning soldiers as the new "Zombie 18Z" Team Sergeants. ODAs have several new missions, unit patches will now reflect Skull and Cross Bones with dripping flesh. Team members enjoy having the new Team Sergeants around. One soldier reports, 'Ya, it was tough at first, having to keep an eye on Tm Sgt, he kept wanting to interrupt classroom time by taking a bite out of a fellow soldier, but we just handed him a beer. We learned quickly that alcohol does not affect Zombies, so it was an easy solution. One of our missions is to support Zombie attacks against AQ and Taliban forces. Our jobs are to destroy AQ at the heart, literally. Our intent is to have only SF qualified Zombies. It's kinda of cool, Zombie HALO missions, Zombie Dive Missions. Civil Affairs is a big step, but we are testing other applications for Zombies in SF, looking forward to seeing what develops.'"