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Most of the Patriot act was to expire after 4 years. It was renewed by Congress multiple times. Parts of it were renewed in separate bills after it eventually e
by hoten 5y ago
Most of the Patriot act was to expire after 4 years. It was renewed by Congress multiple times. Parts of it were renewed in separate bills after it eventually expired.
For the COVID ETS from this June, OSHA has been coordinating with the CDC monthly to determine if it is still necessary. See https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets#:~:text=to%20assess%20the%20ongoing%20need%20 https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/ets#:~:text=to%20assess%20t...
Although, just like Afghanistan, there's no clear end to COVID afaik ... although I disagree with the implication that there's some great benefit the government / other interests are getting out of this ETS, of the same scale that the military-industrial complex/the executive branch got out of the PATRIOT act/Afghanistan.
- erklik 5y ago> there's some great benefit the government / other interests are getting out of this ETS Pharma is gonna be making some good money out of COVID, no? The amount of tests that have been produced, plus the amount of vaccines being used are certainly not free.
- Paradigma11 5y agoThey would be making a lot more money without the vaccines.
- erklik 5y agoHow's that?
- Paradigma11 5y agoSick people are far far more profitable than those few bucks for vaccines. If you add long covid then pharma is missing out on a goldmine.
- furgooswft13 5y agodude, big pharma has been handed a blank check from the government to produce a recurring product that is legally mandated for the entire populace to use. This is the sweetest deal in all of history for them.
- mrguyorama 5y agoThe vaccine is $20 a head, that doesn't even get you a tissue if you were hospitalized.
- errantmind 5y agoBig pharma is not hospitals.
- landemva 5y agoand exempt from product liability. 2x sweet.
- chitowneats 5y agoFor the entire healthcare sector? Maybe. For pharmaceutical companies? In comparison to a liability-free, recurring subscription, mandated by the federal government for hundreds of millions? Not so much.
- iammisc 5y ago> of the same scale that the military-industrial complex/the executive branch got out of the PATRIOT act/Afghanistan. Given that covid and the subsequent reaction realized one of the largest wealth transfers from poor to rich in modern history and led to great market returns for those in power, how can you honestly say this? Look.. like most people on hacker news I am in the top 1% of earners and due to my industry benefitted greatly from covid lockdowns. But just because we benefited, we cannot be blind to the mass robbery that has taken place. We've literally robbed the poor to pay the wealthy.