RE: U.S. scientists have discovered a formula for the elixir of life!
I had never really thought of something like that before. I think it is something that touches a rope with many interests, because everyone would be interested in something like that.
I think the effects in the medium term would be negative because there is no planning for that, it is like a bomb exploding, the resources on earth are very limited, the waste that we already created on the planet increases rapidly, and if that is what we add people living 80% more, with a subsequent increase in reproduction, society would become chaotic.
The oversupply of workers, as well as the shortage of resources would also affect, the quality of life would fall, I believe that many negative factors would increase, such as unemployment or homelessness.
Those who would benefit most from these discoveries would be people with power, who absolutely never are the best of society, usually, and as it is now, the rulers are precisely the worst of it.
Although I am optimistic, and I think that sooner or later we would manage to turn around and enjoy its true benefits.
Indeed, there would be tremendous interests for something like that, on both personal and national levels.
When you couple these interests with the fact that our planet is already overpopulated, there would most certainly be great disturbances until a fair and optimal global consensus on the medicine usage and distribution would be achieved, as you pointed out.
I also hold an optimistic belief that, when faced with the threat of total chaos, governments would find a way to make a global agreement sooner or later.
Like with nuclear bombs - as all sides begun to realize how dangerous a nuclear war would be for the whole humanity, the threat of this kind of war become lower and lower.