Merck and Co Inc (MRK)

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the morbidity and mortality of COVID makes the side effect profile of therapeutics a bit different.

but also, what about other drugs?

for example, safety concerns of imuran are very real. it carries a warning about potential cancer risks. yet people use it to control life-threatening autoimmune disorders.

humira is much the same.

methotrexate has a warning of possible "sudden death".

let's include diagnostics -- CT scans carry a cancer risk, too.

so i'm not disagreeing with your point at all, it's a valid one, but let's frame it in the bigger picture.

risk vs reward.