Re: Estou aqui no Recife, Brasil

[RLB <sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Aug 13, 12:47=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 13, 8:10=A0am, RLB <sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Aug 12, 11:00=A0pm, mleuck <m.le...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > On Aug 12, 7:27=A0am, RLB <sa...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > > On Aug 12, 12:02=A0am, Frank Olson
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> > > > <use_the_email_li...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > RLB wrote:
> > > > > > On Aug 7, 10:58 pm, G. Morgan <usenet_ab...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >> mleuck wrote:
> > > > > >>> Does your GF know about your hand?
> > > > > >> Does your BF know about your gonorrhea?
>
> > > > > >> --
> > > > > >> Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the on=
ly animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and wh=
at they ought to be.
> > > > > >> =A0 - William Hazlitt
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> > > > > > We changed our plans and instead of the bach (too much rain) we=
 drove
> > > > > > about 300km up BR101 to Natal. Were staying (me, GF and another=
 girl)
> > > > > > in a Poussada a block from Praia Ponta Negra (Black Point Beach=
).
> > > > > > Natal is amazing! =A0The people are as friendly as Recifenses a=
nd the
> > > > > > nightlife is out of this world. =A0We went dancing last night a=
t a plaza
> > > > > > with somewhere around 1,000 people. =A0The plaza is surrounded =
with open
> > > > > > air bars, each playing a different style of music and hundreds =
of
> > > > > > garotas doing the samba in front of each one. =A0I think the ra=
tio was
> > > > > > about 3F/2\M from what I could see without annoying the GF. =A0=
:)
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> > > > > > Anyway, having a great time. Glad none of you are here.
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> > > > > > Regards,
> > > > > > Robert
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> > > > > I'm happy that you're having a good time, Robert.
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> > > > Update since last night. Got sick. Im in hospital. Problem with che=
st,
> > > > possible pleural effusion. GF brought my laptop so I have something=
 to
> > > > do between coughing fits, doctor visits and awful meals. :(
> > > > Doctor says its not the flu but theres an accumulation of fluid in
> > > > chest. Cant fly home this week. Will have to extend my "vacation"
> > > > another wk or two.
>
> > > Keep in mind the wonderful drugs Brazil's 3rd world health care will
> > > give you are illegal copies stolen from US drug companies, Brazil
> > > doesn't feel the need to honor drug patents
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> > As always, Leuck is wrong. Now for the facts:
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> > The Brazilian government tried for years to negotiate better prices on
> > US manufactured drugs for AIDS patients. When the huge drug companies
> > and the US government wouldnt budge, Brazil threatened to manufacture
> > their own. =A0All of a suden the US drug conglomerates decided it was
> > time to negotiate. The drugs I received in the hospital for pneumonia
> > were made in the US and imported to Brazil. =A0Avalox is an antibiotic.
> http://www.scidev.net/en/news/brazil-breaks-patent-on-hivaids-drug.html
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> http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-05-04-4260160309_x.htm
>
> http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/25633.php

If you took the trouble to actually read the news stories instead of
just citing hem and pretending that they indicated anything different
from what I already told you, perhaps you would learn something.
Following is an excerpt from your first citation:

"BRASILIA, Brazil =97 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took steps
Friday to let Brazil buy an inexpensive generic version of an AIDS
drug made by Merck & Co. despite the U.S. drug company's patent.

"Silva issued a "compulsory license" that would bypass Merck's patent
on the AIDS drug efavirenz, a day after the Brazilian government
rejected Merck's offer to sell the drug at a 30 percent discount, or
$1.10 per pill, down from $1.57.

"The country was seeking to purchase the drug at 65 cents a pill, the
same price Thailand pays.

"It was the first time Brazil has bypassed a patent, but Silva said
Brazil would consider doing so again on any drug sold at unfair
prices. "Between our business and our health, we are going to take
care of our health," he said after signing the decree..."

You might take particular notice of the fact that Brazil only asked
Merck to charge them the same price they charge Thailand for the same
drug. Merck refused.  This is similar to the fight between that idiot
in Venezuela and the US-based oil companies who for decades had been
ripping off Venezuela for their oil. Venezuela decided to take the
companies over if they refused to negotiate a fair price for the oil.
The difference here is that Exxon was only dealing with oil, whereas
Merck is taking advantage of millions of desperately poor people in
the USA and around the world -- gouging them for drugs that can fight
a lethal disease.

I hope you never have to fight something as awful as AIDS, Leuck.