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marble falls

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7. And so it begins:

Reply to magical thyme (Reply #6)

Tue Sep 23, 2014, 09:01 AM

Sep 2014

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014901190

You don't think Big Pharma makes big bucks managing health and offering services beyond drugs?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014901487

You don't think there's a fortune to be made with the Ebola vaccine? There'll be one soon enough. How many tens of millions live in just the area of this latest breakout?

There's Texas Congressmen claiming Ebola is just waiting to get here from Mexico. That's a boondoggle just waiting to happen and make someone rich even richer.

All it'll take is a "war" on Ebola. Motto - "End Ebola in our time!"©.

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Chasing a rolling snowball (this is actually perversely good news. The money people have noticed) [View all] magical thyme Sep 2014 OP

"The longer the world prevaricates, the harder and costlier it will be to contain this outbreak"... marble falls Sep 2014 #1

big Pharma isn't making any money off of this. The most promising vaccine magical thyme Sep 2014 #2

I quoted the article. And not a doubt in my mind, Big Pharma will benefit from Ebola. marble falls Sep 2014 #3

Some day, maybe. But not today or even real soon. magical thyme Sep 2014 #4

Soon. The West has finally taken notice. Big budgets - big profits. marble falls Sep 2014 #5

the big budgets are going to PPEs, care facilities, IV fluids, disinfectants, andmilitary personnel. magical thyme Sep 2014 #6

And so it begins: marble falls Sep 2014 #7