[RyanAdamas]

A cure is something that solves a health condition 100% of the time. A treatment is a prolonged procedure with only a chance of success. One is a profit generating machine, the other loses customers.

You know, a cure - like what they pretended the vaccine was that somehow was forced through the almost impossible system of medical approvals that has stalled real cancer research for decades.

[pfdietz]

A cure is something that completely obliviates the problem on a particular patient. It doesn't have to work on every patient.

And, of course, medical treatments can be very valuable even if they fall short of a "cure".

[spondylosaurus]

What is "the vaccine"?