tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post8153702549625877371..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Concert for a CureRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-9424005388633455682013-03-10T11:10:56.940-07:002013-03-10T11:10:56.940-07:00Also, on the topic, not every disease can be cured...Also, on the topic, not every disease can be cured. For instance, to use an example iconic of the telethon, muscular dystrophy isn't going to be cured any time soon, but we can make life easier for people suffering from muscular dystrophy.<br /><br />Medical scammers, by the way, love to cure the incurable. This is where people like Matthias Rath (the vitamin salesman who spread his false AIDS cures in southern Africa in the 90s) come in. Or that guy in South Korea some eight or so years ago who claimed he was already curing paralysis with stem cells, using only the most reductionist theory possible. Or...every autism cure ever.<br /><br />The word "cure" is nice stagecraft, but a cure for what?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-50707651974350980782011-08-26T12:20:13.178-07:002011-08-26T12:20:13.178-07:00A cure for what? Maybe a concert featuring the Cur...A cure for what? Maybe a concert featuring the Cure, although they're not on the lineup.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com