Your thoughts on the US buying the whole world supply of Covid-19 drug Redemsivir?

Then some Americans wonder why some people hate their country. It is a pandemic, for Heaven's sake, the whole world is suffering from it.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/remdesivir-coronavirus-drug-us-buy-world-supply-price-gilead-a9594781.html

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plungesponge · 41-45, M

My guess is it's only a matter of time before the details of the manufacturing process are either given away on humanitarian grounds or leaked, and other countries start making their own versions.

It doesn't help the US much if they protect their population but the economies and functioning of the UK, EU and India get flattened by the virus, that'll just make Russia and China stronger. So there is a big incentive to spread the treatment out to the rest of the world.

Or some researcher takes it upon themselves to leak out the details, or some government puts a shadowy hacker group to retrieve the research, or bribes some low level janitor to walk out with some files

Cierzo · M

@plungesponge You are right. Your second paragraph is especially very right. The way the world is today, acting the way the US is doing is shooting yourself on your foot.

plungesponge · 41-45, M

The only caveat is if Trump doesn't get voted out, otherwise he'll probably tell US allies to pay through the nose for it. 😑

Cierzo · M

@plungesponge Then allies will look somewhere else...very likely China