At What Cost?
Editorial illustration inspired by the price-gouging of life-saving epinephrine.
The posture of the man is somewhat relaxed as his elbow rests on the side of the boy’s throat. The man holds the auto-injector like a cigar. The line of the stock prices mimics smoke. The emblem on the cufflink is a percentage sign; the auto-injector features a dollar sign. A bit of blood stains the edge of the business man’s sleeve.
The boy rests on stacks of bills like a sacrifice on an altar. His teal shirt gives a nod to food allergy awareness as does his medical alert bracelet. A heart monitor line creates the silhouette of the Capitol Building, skyscrapers, a silo and barn, then a headstone, and finally just the faint and possibly dissipating heart beat.
Hidden in the wrinkles of the man’s suit coat are letters that spell a recognizable pharmaceutical company.