> If the money is being put to R&D or even just enabling the company to scale manufacturing, I'm pretty okay with that. That makes sense. On the other hand, th

> If the money is being put to R&D or even just enabling the company to scale manufacturing, I'm pretty okay with that. That makes sense. On the other hand, the government has deep pockets. They could buy the company, fund the R&D, and still keep the prices accessible. In pandemics, this is what we want and need. I’m also alive to all the ways in which these powers could lead to corruption and overreach in ordinary times. I oppose the Patriot Act and abhor the wars and states-of-emergency without-end. But I’m given to believe we are not in ordinary times.