large pharmaceutical companies having evergreen monopolies. And ever-lengthening fragile supply chains, which mean that a fire at one factory could mean that a huge chunk of drugs are just flat-out not available for months! The growing amount of drug shortages (for contraceptive pills and most recently breast cancer meds) has been on the news intermittently.
It would be a fun story to write, even if it ends up being a different AU. Maybe a flower Yashou gets fed up with the Haixing/Dixing drama and decides to solve it with fungi?... Whatever makes the most sense for the Space Adventures and other series! It would be hilarious, though.
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And ever-lengthening fragile supply chains, which mean that a fire at one factory could mean that a huge chunk of drugs are just flat-out not available for months! The growing amount of drug shortages (for contraceptive pills and most recently breast cancer meds) has been on the news intermittently.
Whatever makes the most sense for the Space Adventures and other series! It would be hilarious, though.