The Aspirin Strain
24 min readApr 13, 2018
Did Big Pharma’s lust for profits lead to the deaths of my sister and many other kids?
This essay was updated on May 6, 2024.
When I was five in 1965, my nine-year-old sister became ill, as kids frequently do. Most get better. Sharon didn’t.
I went on to spend much of the subsequent five-plus decades wondering why. Sharon went on to an eternal resting site in Arlington National Cemetery.
