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cma 2 hours ago

Yep and significantly more than the death count would have needed expensive treatment and be out of the workforce for a time or permanently. Also the charged price isn't real cost to the economy. If they have a big margin on it after fixed research/approval expenses lots of it feeds back into the economy through taxes and dividends/reinvestment in other drug development.

Beyond death, it can also cause sterility and people may end up with extremely expensive IVF surrogacy pregnancies etc.