The Core

"women taking these weight loss medications and getting pregnant, even if they’re on birth control "

https://komonews.com/news/nation-world/weight-loss-wonder-drug-sparks-ozempic-babies-phenomenon-surprise-pregnancies-wegovy-infertility-obesity-ivf-in-vitro-fertilization-fertility-issues-birth-control-ovulation-cycles-pcos

Debbie says this'll fix that pesky 'declining birth rate' problem.

>At $1000/month it'll only affect sustain demographics.

I fear it may affect *all* taxpayers and health insurance customers.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-05/ozempic-s-cost-weight-loss-drugs-will-be-billed-to-us-taxpayers

But our fat nation neeeeeds it, so

US challenges 'bogus' patents on Ozempic and other drugs in effort to spur competition | AP News

https://apnews.com/article/ftc-drug-patents-prices-fda-6ee880c52028115a83b79553c486ec01

Also, it is an election year.

No doubt the drug is trendy right now -- last year I was driving through Hillsborough (a pretty wealthy small town in the Western hills of the Bay Area) and I kept seeing very lean couples walking around.   Weirdly though, they didn't look healthy, but scrawny and fragile -- like they've been under a thousand calories a day for an extended period of time.

Good ol' Ozzy, ever tactful....

Sharon Osbourne:
I’m shaping up fine. I’ve finally become more accepting of my body, my looks. I’m through with the weight loss and all that cosmetic stuff. I was injecting myself with Ozempic and I lost three stone in four months. Too much. I now weigh seven stone and can’t put on weight. Ozzy says I look like Nancy Reagan.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2024/feb/10/sharon-osbourne-this-much-i-know-i-have-never-been-the-target-of-predatory-males