Greedy Drug Companies

It has recently been found that trachoma, a disease largely unknown in the the U.S. , causes blindness in societies where hygiene is not up to our standards. In Africa, where trachoma is a serious disease, it has been found that an antibiotic called azithromycin can cure trachoma even with only one dose. Furthermore, if everyone in a village is given the drug, the incidence of the disease drops to almost negligable levels. Azithromycin is a fairly popular drug in the U.S. since it is highly effective against ear and other infections in children. One of its greatest advantages is one pill a day is taken for only 5 days rather than multiple doses a day for 2 weeks for other antibiotics. So, the next time you hear liberals like Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton complain about the greedy drug companies extorting our money and forcing poor people to choose between drugs and food, keep in mind that Pfizer is giving 143 million doses to 19 African countries to treat trachoma and prevent blindness.