Darwin got it all wrong, you see. Fitness has nothing to do with it. It's survival of the sickest. That's all.
Medicine is a golden goose that has to be killed because every time the goose lays a golden egg, someone gets sick or dead.
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Medicine is a golden goose that has to be killed because every time the goose lays a golden egg, someone gets sick or dead.
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