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mitch96

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6. "license a test kit that we know works from another country??"

Reply to Captain Zero (Original post)

Fri Mar 6, 2020, 01:36 PM

Mar 2020

As the axiom goes "Never let a good crisis go to waste"...
Who is gonna make a bundle or advance politically be cause of this problem
My money is on Big Pharma... they did it before with SARS Avian Flu and MERS... from what I can tell... YMMV

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Why can't we just license a test kit that we know works from another country?? Manufacture here? [View all] Captain Zero Mar 2020 OP

It won't matter as long as they are controlling who and dewsgirl Mar 2020 #1

That might reduce the profits to big pharma. Arkansas Granny Mar 2020 #2

You know that this is probably the truth of the whole matter, that business profits are going to... SWBTATTReg Mar 2020 #3

Nope, he actively wants us sick. lark Mar 2020 #4

He can't cancel the election. Turin_C3PO Mar 2020 #5

There are lots of things that are illegal as hell that he does every day with repug approval. lark Mar 2020 #7

He will try uponit7771 Mar 2020 #9

+1, THIS !!! He knows he's going to get mud stomped by Biden uponit7771 Mar 2020 #8

"license a test kit that we know works from another country??" mitch96 Mar 2020 #6

Well, right now global commerce is running kind of slow... Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #10

Trump needs to keep the numbers low. Turbineguy Mar 2020 #11