Worth noting she works for a conservative think tank, so I am not sure I am going to take her at face value for defending pharmaceutical corporations...
Or are you just trying to dismiss the entire article because of her political views?
The author acknowledges it's a crisis, but simply asks questions about the true cause.
I mean, that's been the conservative playbook for decades. Deny entirely first. Once it becomes undeniable, deny attribution. Once that becomes undeniable, claim nothing can be done anyways.
Climate change, air pollution, fossil fuels...