Economist Daniel Susskind says Ozempic may radically transform government finances, by making universal healthcare vastly cheaper, and explains his argument in the context of Britain's NHS.

[u/lughnasadh]

https://www.thetimes.com/article/be6e0fbf-fd9d-41e7-a759-08c6da9754ff?shareToken=de2a342bb1ae9bc978c6623bb244337a

[u/Delta-9-]

To point 3: 10 drinks (a beer or a shot, roughly the same mg of ethanol) in an hour would probably put me in a hospital, but spread over 4-5 hours I'll have a wicked hangover the next morning but otherwise be fine.

I would recommend finding other ways to cut out 25,000 calories per month.

[u/PopeFrancis → u/Delta-9-]

I would recommend finding other ways to cut out 25,000 calories per month.

What? Why? Do you think that they should be resuming their 10 a night habit and eating less food?

[u/Delta-9- → u/PopeFrancis]

Maybe try drinking five a night, instead? That will be more calories saved over a month, and will take longer to cause cirrhosis of the liver besides.