It's a fantastic show, but I am not sure it touches on the commenter's point at all. The show is a take on what might happen if a panacea was actually found to exist. That's a bit different than a mere novel antibiotic. I even think the writers are pulling a lot of punch with how violent and insane Big Pharm, Governments and even independent groups would get about control over it.
Still, highly recommend people watch it. Great animation and art style, good writing and characterization, music is pretty rad and it's quite the trip at times.
I haven't watched the show, but your description just made me think about the "panacea". Virus-wise, I was obsessed with the idea of the DRACO antiviral concept for years.[0] It's really unclear why funding was pulled for it.
Then again, the idea behind "28 Days Later" was that everyone got a cancer vaccine and turned into zombies...
0xEF|11 months ago
Still, highly recommend people watch it. Great animation and art style, good writing and characterization, music is pretty rad and it's quite the trip at times.
noduerme|11 months ago
Then again, the idea behind "28 Days Later" was that everyone got a cancer vaccine and turned into zombies...
[0] https://riderinstitute.org/discovery/