I have no evidence of the charges I am about to make, and I certainly hope I'm wrong, but it does seem as though the powers that be in the medical "industry" may be placing their own greedy self interests above the safety of the American people!!! Else, why this unbearable foot dragging with regards to the drugs that are showing consistent promise in treating the Coronavirus, and holding onto the development of a vaccine,which could take years to develop, when massive treatment with these "off label" drugs, and use of plasma taken from recovered patients, could possibly "lower the curve" of the spreading of the disease immediately, if not eradicate it altogether in months!!!
I realize that the development of a vaccine may cost billions, and the "Big Pharma" companies that are trying to produce one are holding out the hope of recovering their investment with the sales, which might be eradicated along with the disease, if these "off label" drugs were to be successful in ending the pandemic before the vaccine could be produced. But, some compassion must be utilized in determining whether to proceed wholeheartedly, on both fronts!!! Economically, and health wise, it is imperative that we eradicate this pandemic as soon as possible, so we can all get back to normal living standards, before the whole economy implodes into a greater depression, than the last one!!!
Perhaps the government could promise to reimburse for proven legitimate expenses, if the vaccine were to be developed too late to help in the eradication of the disease, and the "off label" drugs had already done so!!! I know this does not sound like wise free market principles, but as they say, desperate times call for desperate measures, and this would surely be less expensive than bailing out a collapsed economy!!! The important thing here is that we are all on board with developing the quickest, and safest way of ending this horrible pandemic, before, as they say, the cure is worse than the disease!!!
