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Just for a comparison:
And they have the audacity to say how much these $6 billion will help and how dare to delay that help. That's less than a drop in the ocean.
I think that’s the thing that got me - the spokesperson’s response. “They are withholding help…” like yeah from the damage that your company (and the family who ran it) inflicted and is trying to escape any actual responsibility from.
I hope that they reverse the immunity. I don’t hold much hope from this court but I can light a candle for this one.
Devil's advocate -
*Has been valued at $1.02 trillion by medical companies but is probably about $4 million to be fair 😂
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They probably account for how much people would have added to the GDP without their premature deaths.
Rehab costs about $30k for 28 days. As if the hundreds of thousands of deaths and overdoses per year weren't enough. Suboxone is $700+ per month just for the pills, not including seeing the doctor monthly and random drug tests. Methadone's not cheap either. Then there's secondary health issues like sepsis, MRSA, HIV, hepatitis, heart problems, pregnancy issues, withdrawal, DUI injuries/deaths etc.
The list goes on and on and on and on. I wouldn't be surprised if a trillion barely covered it.