this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2023
61 points (82.8% liked)

News

23670 readers
4277 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Following the approval of Toripalimab by the Food and Drug Administration, two more Chinese-made cancer drugs have received approval for distribution in the US.

all 18 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] captainjman2 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Welcome to America! Where money is king.

[–] LemmyIsFantastic -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Welcome to lemmy, where users will believe anything they read if it's anti USA.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I believe the antivax movement was able to take root because the US has cultivated an intense distrust of the medical system.

  • You pay high medical insurance premiums only to get denied when it’s time to cash in.

  • You avoid calling for an ambulance because the ride alone will bankrupt you.

  • You go to the ER only to get hundreds of dollars in fine for over the counter Tylenol.

The public was trained by the medical institutions to look for any excuse to reject them. The antivax movement was a way to express that distrust, even if unconsciously. Politicians simply lit that major oil spill and gave it a voice.

Likewise, we live in a capitalistic hellscape where no one can afford homes and cars to take them to jobs where they’re underpaid and can be let go in an instant, not due to performance, but because an executive wanted another tax break on the dragon money hoard they refuse to put back into the economy.

Like with the antivaxers, we have been conditioned to expect the worst and that impacts our gut reactions.

[–] MasterBlaster 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have to admit it does seem like there is a lot of that here.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's because you aren't in a bastion of US propaganda. You know like reddit or Facebook. They don't control the narrative here.

The US does horrible things everyday, like feeding Israel weapons of genocide with no limits. Why shouldn't we talk poorly on US everyday?

[–] sailingbythelee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The US is also by far the largest financial donor to the Palestinians, at around $600 million per year.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes? Not sure what your point is? I'm sure all those dead Palestinians really appreciate not being alive to enjoy that donation.

[–] dyathinkhesaurus 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How do they choose the names of these drugs? Do they just keep stringing together consonant-vowel-consonant-vowel until they hit some sort of limit?

[–] wunami 9 points 1 year ago

Some of it may just be random. But there's some logic to parts of it. I. This case the suffix -mab indicates that this drug is a monoclonal antibody.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, but they don't pick them randomly. Those are usually sillables from the chemical or biological description.

Classical Example: para-Acetylaminophenol... the common generic names are paracetamol or acetaminophen, the most common brand name in the US is Tylenol. All are derived from picking some parts of the descriptor.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Overall, we rate The South China Morning Post Left-Center biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left and Mixed for factual reporting due to poor sourcing.

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/south-china-morning-post/

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is the reason that my wife and I are living in a third would country.

I’m a us citizen and we could easily process her visa, but why would we go there. What does America have to offer?

[–] Kage520 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not a popular view, but the US does have some pretty great salaries. I think FIRE people have the best chance of success in the US.

That said, the work experience here is pretty exploitative and not at all engineered to give a good life. If you want a family, and want that family to enjoy their life with a reasonable work life balance, the US is not a great place.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The US has good salaries, but the cost of living is too high. FIRE is what everyone should be doing, but one mistake or accident can really screw things up. The main difficulty for people trying to do FIRE is the cost of house and transportation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I guess that depends on what op's job is. It could be a US job that can be done entirely online. But yeah, the only redeeming quality about working in the US is the high salaries in high demand jobs and tones of companies to choose from.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Familiarity and closeness to relatives. At least that's why I'd never try to talk my retired parents into moving to another country.

If those aren't concerns then I really don't see much reason to stay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Does it actually work or are the chinese lying like always? Paying off the regulator to get their trash passed I bet.