July 16, 2017

"PHOTOS: The Sidewalk Pill Peddlers Of Port-Au-Prince."

NPR dispenses PHOTOS.

10 comments:

Laslo Spatula said...

Voodoo and Viagra: she will love you forever, and you will love her for four hours.

I am Laslo.

mockturtle said...

Exposed as they seem to be to sun and heat they will probably be rendered ineffective.

Michael K said...

Anything I say about this would be racist.

Jon Ericson said...

Very colorful.

Jon Ericson said...

What? Do they get a cut?

YoungHegelian said...

I suspect that our sun will become a red giant & vaporize the Earth before Haiti ever catches a break.

Mary Beth said...

It looks like a lot of the same medicines, spaced out in a way to make it look like there's more variety. If you have eight to ten different types, you try to fit your customer's symptoms into one of the 8 to 10 categories that most closely matches.

gspencer said...

Their desire to make a sale exceeds any concern for you.

Levi Starks said...

This looks like a great way to drive down healthcare costs.
I think we should look for a similar model to try in the USA

Freeman Hunt said...

The interview says that this is dangerous and that there is no real healthcare infrastructure. Given the latter point, having these guys around seems less dangerous than not having them around. Imagine not being able to get medicine at all!

This would be handy here for the times when you know what you have and what you need. So much of medicine now is DIY anyway. You have to know what the problem is before you walk in half the time to get an accurate diagnosis and treatment.