McGrath on Gilead Sciences price gouging re: Remdesiver

[Budi]

Link to tweet

Who owns Gilead Sciences & who are the CEO's, Board Members & is this Kushner's group?

[Hoyt]

1. Truthfully, if it gets someone out of the hospital faster, it pays for itself.

Many thought it would be priced higher.

Gilead is also contracting generic makers to produce it In undeveloped countries.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/29/health/coronavirus-remdesivir-gilead.html

[Budi]

2. Question everything with Trump et al the top.

Just sayin.

[Hoyt]

3. I hear you, but I'm glad we have a treatment like this.

I do question how the USA gets most of the production through September, except for that earmarked for developing/poor countries.

[smirkymonkey]

4. K&R

In an extreme situation like this, the drug should be seized and distributed for free. This is no time for profiteering. This is a dire health crisis. They were certainly able to round up plenty of resources for a fucking Trump photo op in Lafeyette Square, so don't tell us that they can't make it happen.

Fuck this corporate-minded, grifting, profit-minded administration who think the purpose of the Federal Government is to fleece the public to enrich themselves. This is beyond fucked up. If there is a cure or even a drug that will help to ameliorate the effects of this virus, it should be distributed to the public without cost.

The purpose of government is not to make money. It is to serve the people to which they are obligated to by oath. I still don't think they quite understand how serious this is.