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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FairyGirlGemma · F

If they're going to use it then it's fine, it's on the manufacturers to make more.
If they're just going to sit on it then it's hoarding like the people who bought up all the bog roll and that's wrong.

Khenpal1 · M

@FairyGirlGemma I think its more like panic decision. The drug is experimental as antiviral. Most raw materials and most active pharmaceutical ingredients are made in Asia, either in China or India. Experts caution that remdesivir is not a quick cure. From the limited data that have been released, they say it appears to be a decent drug that sped improvement for some people, and one that, because it’s given intravenously over several days, will generally be reserved for people who have serious enough Covid-19 cases that they need hospital care. It’s not a simple pill that everyone with a mild coronavirus infection would be recommended to take.