Very, very cool...

[Jovan]

Reposted from elsewhere...

Today, Bristol-Myers Squibb, the pharmaceutical monolith that charges nearly $1,000 for a 30 day supply of one of its HIV/AIDS medications, is donating $1 to the National AIDS Fund for each person who simply visits their website and "virtually lights a candle." The tally is near 800,000 now. Please, please take a minute to "light a candle": www.lighttounite.org This really will take just a second!!

Please forward this on to other friends! P.S. Please, take a few seconds to repost this so that the word can get out to as many people as possible. Thank You!

Whether or not you like the company, it's a pretty good idea. I think everyone should contribute.

 

[Connemara]

Very cool indeed. Pass it along!

 

[VKK3450]

Its up to 1.15 million, which is cool.

But at the top of the page it says that BMS is only donating 100 K.

K

 

[bathtime]

To be a little cynical about it, Bristol-Meyers' $100k donation (the cost of a full page ad in the NY Times, and a fraction of their several billion dollar ad budget) is not much considering the free publicity they get out of a million people clicking on the site.

 

[tiecollector]

Yeah, I'm sure that company really wants a cure for HIV/AIDS. None of these pharmas want cures for jack ****. They want you hooked.

 

[odoreater]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

Yeah, I'm sure that company really wants a cure for HIV/AIDS. None of these pharmas want cures for jack ****. They want you hooked.

 

[Piobaire]

Originally Posted by tiecollector

Yeah, I'm sure that company really wants a cure for HIV/AIDS. None of these pharmas want cures for jack ****. They want you hooked.

If that was true, we would not have a single, solitary vaccine.