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>I don't think this is a surprise, when conservative leaders started out by viewing the pandemic as a commercial opportunity. >Bolsonaro and Trump both promote

by TMWNN 6y ago

>I don't think this is a surprise, when conservative leaders started out by viewing the pandemic as a commercial opportunity. >Bolsonaro and Trump both promoted hydroxycholoroquine as if they were advertising it. (cite: https://www.foxnews.com/world/bolsonaro-posts-hydroxychloroq https://www.foxnews.com/world/bolsonaro-posts-hydroxychloroq...) How would Trump or anyone else commercially benefit by promoting a generic drug, which anyone can manufacture?

dragonwriter 6y ago
> How would Trump or anyone else commercially benefit by promoting a generic drug, which anyone can manufacture? An rapid upswing in immediate demand, when it takes time for other firms to gear up, radically benefits existing manufactures, which are typically fairly limited for any given generic.
- TMWNN 6y ago
  >which are typically fairly limited for any given generic Nonsense. Aspirin is a generic drug. Generic drugs are widely produced because a) again, anyone can make them so b) profit margins are very thin. Thus, c) the only way to profit is through volume. HCQ is a very common generic drug; it is given prophylactically to those traveling to malaria areas, for example. Any COVID19-driven short-term shortages are going to affect the manufacturers' bottom lines in relatively small ways. Again, I ask: What evidence is there that Trump or anyone else had a financial incentive to untowardly push HCQ?
  - throwawayfire 6y ago
    > What evidence is there that Trump or anyone else had a financial incentive to untowardly push HCQ? I assume you are not denying that they did push it - so, I want to ask in return: for what other reason did they (specifically Bolsonaro and Trump) push it in this way? Given that it was not backed by science.
    - TMWNN 6y ago
      Back then there was real hope that HCQ was indeed going to be a breakthrough treatment. Or do you also claim that Emmanuel Macron was also motivated by financial reasons when he made a well publicized visit to Didier Raoult? https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille-doctor-behind-virus-cure-touted-by-trump https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille...

by TMWNN 6y ago

dragonwriter 6y ago

> How would Trump or anyone else commercially benefit by promoting a generic drug, which anyone can manufacture? An rapid upswing in immediate demand, when it takes time for other firms to gear up, radically benefits existing manufactures, which are typically fairly limited for any given generic.

TMWNN 6y ago
>which are typically fairly limited for any given generic Nonsense. Aspirin is a generic drug. Generic drugs are widely produced because a) again, anyone can make them so b) profit margins are very thin. Thus, c) the only way to profit is through volume. HCQ is a very common generic drug; it is given prophylactically to those traveling to malaria areas, for example. Any COVID19-driven short-term shortages are going to affect the manufacturers' bottom lines in relatively small ways. Again, I ask: What evidence is there that Trump or anyone else had a financial incentive to untowardly push HCQ?
- throwawayfire 6y ago
  > What evidence is there that Trump or anyone else had a financial incentive to untowardly push HCQ? I assume you are not denying that they did push it - so, I want to ask in return: for what other reason did they (specifically Bolsonaro and Trump) push it in this way? Given that it was not backed by science.
  - TMWNN 6y ago
    Back then there was real hope that HCQ was indeed going to be a breakthrough treatment. Or do you also claim that Emmanuel Macron was also motivated by financial reasons when he made a well publicized visit to Didier Raoult? https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille-doctor-behind-virus-cure-touted-by-trump https://www.france24.com/en/20200409-macron-visits-marseille...