The Business of Disease is perverse and while profitable for some, very costly to most.
It was about seven years ago that my eyes opened up to this issue, after I found myself perplexed by repeated requests for donations for breast cancer awareness. Every time I visited the supermarket during breast cancer awareness month, I was hassled for donations. Eventually, I wrote an article titled “The Marketing of Breast Cancer: The Pink Ribbon Agenda,” addressing my observations of this overdose of disease marketing. To my surprise, the article went viral; apparently I had voiced a long-held opinion. READ FULL ARTICLE https://www.honeycolony.com/article/business-of-disease/