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by hinkley 359 days ago
Do you remember what thread yours responding to?

Here I’ll remind you: nearly 20% of cancer drugs defective in four African nations.

That’s the context. What on earth are you talking about?

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Did you read tfa?

>roughly one in six — were found to have incorrect active ingredient levels

>But some drugs are also counterfeit, and that increases the risk of discrepancies between what's on the product label and the actual medicine within.

If I was desperate, and given a choice between either 1 of "Might have incorrect active ingredient levels" "Might be counterfeit" "Might have been stored improperly" or "No cancer drugs for you" I know which way I would be leaning.

"Defective" is doing a lot of work in this headline.