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Originally Posted by Don in Austin
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The author is entitled to his opinion, but most of it has nothing to do with research. Prevention of cancer with a healthy lifestyle is ideal, but you can have the most ideal lifestyle possible and still get cancer.
Go to Charity Navigators and choose one that uses its donations more efficiently.
Provide incentives for drug companies to collaborate.
This is merchandise. Should we expect the entire price of the product to be donated? I buy pine straw for my yard from a local Boy Scout troop. About 25% of the price is a charitable donation. The rest is the cost for them to buy the straw. Should the vendor for the straw provide it free?
When there are diseases that affect a relatively small number of people - called orphan drugs - how do you propose to fund research for them? Obviously the resulting treatment needs to be evaluated on its merits.
I agree that the cost of some of the new drugs is mind boggling. The question is how to get enough funding to the drug company to achieve a lower price point for the drug when it is approved. If that does not come from a charity, are you willing for it to come from us taxpayers?
This is off topic, since the OP has not indicated that the reason for not participating in the fundraiser is financial. All she has to do is decline to participate. It is not necessary to give a reason.
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