so the other day i learned a fascinating story about..... black-market cat medicine.

so, there's a cat coronavirus, called FCOV. it's common worldwide and most of the time it's not a big deal.

but in a small percentage of cats it mutates into FIP, which is basically lethal.

a few years ago an experimental injectable antiviral called GS-441524 was shown to cure 25 out of 31 FIP-infected cats.

but the patent holder isn't interested in bringing it to market.

and if there's one thing in the world that's for certain: people love cats

the result of this is that "black market cat antivirals" are a real thing that exists.

anyways, there's no moral to this story or anything, but there is a kicker:

'black market cat antivirals' may not be the cyberpunk we deserve, but it's the cyberpunk we have.