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Then countries with even more greedy elites would have even lower rates, which is not the case.

A few examples of fertility rates (higher is better, 2023 data):

  Sweden: 1.45
  US: 1.62
  Kenya: 3.21

It can be relatively safe with proper handling. There are independent laboratories you can send this "product" to for analysis. Often people organize group buys with some random samples tested.

I think what's meant here it's that the manufacturer chose to target specific patient groups (T2D) and commercial insurances to get the highest profit per dose. About 40% of adults in the US are obese, they could have made the drug available at much lower cost and get their profits from economies of scale. Instead, the production is low and the focus is narrow.

A different perspective from a dev shop owner.

Our clients do outsource custom development primarily due to cost-saving reasons. Being non-tech companies it is very difficult to justify high IT project costs. Competing for qualified talent is no fun as well which leaves them with internal IT whose primary job is to keep existing things running and that's it.

For them, it is a choice of:

A) Outsource development of the 3 projects and actually have the 3 projects completed and bring business value

B) Hire 3 teams of engineers, managers, UX, whatever, and keep them salaried

C) Do not have the 3 projects at all

The budget often allows for initial development only, making option B non-viable.