Comment by mullingitover

18 days ago

> unless you are at serious risk of diabetes

The US obesity rate is in the 40% range.

The most effective use of public funds would be to simply buy out the patent and give it out for free. It will save so much in future medical costs it's a no-brainer.

It’s a no brainer for reasonable people, but a very substantial portion of US voters would rather shoot themselves in the foot so long as there was a chance some shrapnel grazed a liberal.