From your link
Understand, this drug was discovered in germany in the 1930s, and has been used for eighty years, its supplies and production are wide,world wide, and highly rampable, as malaria outbreaks are common
Dated 3/31
Berserkers want to change the numbers on our courts, our traditions etc
Again, six thousand MDs planet wide, and now is the time to cite a poor example about the slowest approval system on the planet?
While it is encouraging for the lupus community that the HHS’ statement indicates that it will help ensure people with lupus have access to these medications, it is still unknown at this point as to exactly how the medications will get distributed and the overall impact of availability of the drugs for those who need the drugs now,”
And what do we get? More cooler than you.
'I was a democrat/republican, but now that I post on the husker online board, I'm REALLY a democrat/republican'
So, facts are, this is available world wide. Facts are, we have massive fast tracking availability, facts are, we have already millions in our possession from donations from other countries besides the ramp up, everywhere on the planet.
Then why emulate the cooler than you hollywood tripe?
Only used breitbart because you're so red.
I don't think you understand the supply chain of medicines. What has happened over the past 35 years in the chain is that there have been multiple buyouts and mergers. Along the line companies sometimes completely quit making a drug and close plants because the drug isn't profitable enough. This is especially true for OLD drugs with generic equivalents. I don't know who makes chloroquine/hydroxychlorquine or how quickly they can ramp up production but you're wrong if you think it can happen overnight. It takes weeks to get it from the desire to increase production to then getting it to the patients. Then it isn't normally as if there's a bunch of excess factory capacity waiting around to make the stuff either. You CAN be limited by your physical plant and raw materials in how much you turn out. I see stories about pledges from major manufacturers to make the stuff but there's no comment on how long it will take to get to pharmacy shelves.
There are some very good points being made on both sides of the issue of lockdowns or doing nothing. From what I'm seeing and from my scientific background I really believe the truth lies somewhere in the middle. I believe that total lockdowns are not beneficial enough to warrant doing them. I also believe that some things HAD to be shut down such as restaurants, bars, theaters, schools and churches. We HAVE to keep plants and supply chains up and running. We live in a "just in time" marketing world these days. We can NOT shut down the country for even 2 weeks or we will have a total collapse of our supply chain. IF people liked the TP shortage they would LOVE what would happen if we started locking down the whole country.
Underrated post right here.
I agree that the data about new cases is showing a larger percentage increase than what has actually happened but only because there was a large percentage of undiagnosed cases prior to increasing testing. That said, there is no question but that the number of hospitalized cases increased exponentially over the past 3 weeks in New York. Fortunately they FINALLY put in some mitigation practices that slowed the thing down to where, while they're stressed, the hospitals can handle the critically ill case load. IMO their case load will bounce around from day to day but remember a day to day time frame is an arbitrary counting period that isn't long term enough to get an accurate idea of where the case load is heading. We need to think in terms IMO of the trend over a week or more.
It is in fact a stimulus. It's an effort to increase the money supply by giving money directly to people most likely to spend it. Lowering interest rates have had little effect because people are reluctant to borrow money. There are a TON of people who are going to get money who this epidemic doesn't really affect other than having to stay inside their house.
The number one thing I took away from a Monetary and Fiscal Analysis college course I took for fun about 20 years ago, was that EXPECTATIONs for inflation and the economy are self fulfilling. Right now the media and politicians HAVE to stop feeding the negative news to meet their agenda. It's a horrible thing for our country. IF we can quiet the negativity a little bit and keep most of our businesses open in some form it will go a LONG ways in speeding an economic recovery. Regardless of who gets elected, 2 years from now they'll look like a hero IF we stop the doom. IF a democrat gets elected, he will have a helluva hole that I doubt he could dig out of in 4 years if we don't stop talking down the economy. I guess they'll worry about that after they regain power.
