McGrath on Gilead Sciences price gouging re: Remdesiver

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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.