2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumTalk of the Nation 10/25: Romney and Scott Brown have connections to the compounding pharmacy that
shipped the contaminated steroids that are causing the meningitis outbreak:
Someone in the Massachusetts government overrode inspectors' concerns twice while Romney was governor; a benefit for Scott Brown was held by the owners of the company.
the info comes toward the end of the segment:
http://www.npr.org/2012/10/25/163641002/after-meningitis-deaths-a-look-at-drug-safety
More Info here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/25/health/with-meningitis-outbreak-a-spotlight-on-family-behind-compounding-pharmacy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
catbyte
(34,166 posts)She had a steroid injection to her sacroiliac joint so now they're watching her like a hawk. She's a 2-time cancer survivor and is going in tomorrow to have her knee replacement re-done because it's so loose she can hardly walk. She's been on SSDI since 1998. She can't catch a break.
There are a lot of people getting sick & dying in Michigan, but as long as Romney & Brown made money, that's all that matters.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)hedgehog
(36,286 posts)as opposed to medications from a free marketer!
yellowcanine
(35,692 posts)Clearly in many areas, such as food safety and prescription medicines, there is too little regulation, not too much.