This episode of "Quincy" seems to be extremely alarmist and I wonder how much it might have actually hurt medical research. While it brings up a potential hazard of bio-research, it makes the point with little subtlety and with LOTS of scare tactics.
The show begins with a dying woman sneaking out of the oncology ward at the hospital. Soon, she is attacked by a nasty hobo (the stabbing and stealing kind--not the windshield washing kind) and she falls down dead! It seems she was too sick from her illness and the exertion hastened her death. However, what folks don't know is that her body also has a deadly form of pneumonia--one that is the result of some odd genetically altered drug being tested on her. But, since folks DON'T know about the illness, the doctor doing the trial goes on to some brief fame, as the treatment appears to reduce the size of cancerous tumors. BUT, it also makes the folks vectors for this deadly pneumonia--and soon folks start dying. And, it's up to Quincy to save the day.
It is entertaining. But, the drug company is a one-dimensional house of evil and the genetically altered drug a horrible killer--which all seems too alarmist and poorly written to me. Maybe you'll think otherwise--I just thought it seemed a bit irresponsible.
The show begins with a dying woman sneaking out of the oncology ward at the hospital. Soon, she is attacked by a nasty hobo (the stabbing and stealing kind--not the windshield washing kind) and she falls down dead! It seems she was too sick from her illness and the exertion hastened her death. However, what folks don't know is that her body also has a deadly form of pneumonia--one that is the result of some odd genetically altered drug being tested on her. But, since folks DON'T know about the illness, the doctor doing the trial goes on to some brief fame, as the treatment appears to reduce the size of cancerous tumors. BUT, it also makes the folks vectors for this deadly pneumonia--and soon folks start dying. And, it's up to Quincy to save the day.
It is entertaining. But, the drug company is a one-dimensional house of evil and the genetically altered drug a horrible killer--which all seems too alarmist and poorly written to me. Maybe you'll think otherwise--I just thought it seemed a bit irresponsible.