This conversation is almost unbelievable except that nothing is unbelievable anymore. I remember something about a study which did not get the respect it should have because of a person changing his opinion/ conclusion about it seemingly based on a drug manufacturer’s financial hold on that person. This phone conversation transcript really makes that point. I too do not see how these people can sleep at night.
I found it depressing to read.
All of us would like to think we would act differently. That we would do the right thing. To have that courage to do the right thing.
I pray that if and when I am given that test, I can pass it, in whatever form it comes to me in.
I feel pity for that man. He had his test, and he found his price. He knows where he stands. He may even realize there is blood on his hands, but he still made the choice for the money.
He possibly didn’t think he would be found out, but Dr. Lawrie had a real sense that people were dying unnecessarily and could (and should) be saved. She was living with the knowledge that there was something that could help, and that if she didn’t push as hard as she could, then she would have to live with herself.
The man she spoke with knows the score. And he will have to live the rest of his days knowing it. If that test comes to me and I fail it, I hope my life to follow is short. I don’t envy him.