We all know the slogan, “In case of risks and adverse effects, read the package insert and ask your doctor or pharmacist.” But last month in Vienna I ended up with unsolicited advice when trying to pick up some blood pressure medicine. I was told not to buy the Teva product I wanted — I should get a Bayer product instead. There’s nothing unusual about that; I get suggestions like this now and then, depending on price or accessibility, even comfort or quality considerations. And since the latter product is historically more common and popular in Europe, I asked for the reason to consider it.

But this time it was different. It caught me off guard. Even though I was aware of the video of Italian medical staff discarding Israeli products, I was unsuspecting, expecting something reasonable or scientifically grounded. I should have known better.

It wasn’t about the products themselves at all, but because Teva is an Israeli company; thus, complicit in genocide. So, I should get something from a company completely innocent, like this reliable German brand… Oh, wait.

That suggestion, in its casual moral........

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