I totally get why people are skeptical. Seeing sticker drug prices as they are announced is a shocking number out of context. That's why I try to explain why Gilead isn't doing that here, IMO.
They could break even at a dollar a dose, yet find a way to charge $520 a pop? You don't get that? The point is, they can profit still at a whole lot less than $520 but they decided they'd rather make a profit than get the treatment to people that need it. Also, the catch on the 70mil from feds is that it comes from tax dollars. So taxpayer A technically contributes to this, and their money is then being use to help Big Pharma make big money on something tax money helped them produce.
Woo boy going to be a lot of maaaaaaaaaaaad here https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2020/06/29/jacksonville-issues-face-mask-mandate/ Jacksonville changes course, issues face mask mandate
lol that’s a bar that was packed day in and day out i know someone at msu right now. they didn’t follow shit, even if they said they did
That's true. I have this sneaking suspicion that private will end up paying less than government in the end with rebates.
Exactly my point. You pay them for a service, which they choose to deny you or pass on more cost directly to you. So it's incredibly broken at the insurance level.And there record profits don't go towards benefiting society as far as I can tell in any way, shape, or form. I'm not passing the buck. I'm speaking to the vast interconnectedness and nuance of our crap system.
I don’t disagree with his sentiment RE indoor dining/drinking but this is the “social distancing” at Harpers.
I don't believe the break even at a dollar math. So that's an assumption you'd need to help me dig into to understand much better. I have seen no evidence that the medicine won't get to the people that need it. Gilead has already given away a ton of this medicine to people who desperately needed it for free and I don't mean in a clinical trial. Remdesivir will go generic eventually and be extremely cheap for society. Does the iPhone do that or does it just become obsolete? That generic social contract is important. These profits aren't forever and they shouldn't be forever. Biotech/pharma must innovate to stay relevant and profitable. And those that cheat the system should be shunned and shut down. If Gilead was making big money on this, what do you think their stock price would do today after the announcement? I've read several articles today saying that by Gilead choosing this price, they aren't going to move the needle at all on their profits.
I have drank outside at a well-spaced brewery or two since things slightly opened up in Denver. I went by a brewery the other day that had its inside open as well. All in all, people were sitting pretty close to one another, without masks, in a confined space. They may have been "following the rules," but that shit is going to lead to rising cases and more shutdowns. We just need to stick with outdoor seating and open-air environments.
I can't see preschools or day cares open up in any form without them being shut down within a month after there is a case in the classroom or in family of th student.
Ok, you’ll dialogue for pages on this and the guy will still believe corporations are evil and everything should be free.
They just don't care. Pro-afterlife is right. I can tell you that here in SEPA, my kids preschool would immediately shut down each class that had a case.
Like the lag time we've seen w Memorial Day, it may well be out of control by the time schools realize it was a mistake to open.
It's like he accidentally makes the point he doesn't know he's making, every time. How hard is it to figure out that the states that didn't practice social distance long enough, opened too early and eased restrictions because they were kissing up to Trump have higher rates of infection? Iamshocked.gif
I don’t have THAT much money. Jk but whoever it is I appreciate them because they gave greenery creamery a chance up here
NJ not moving forward with indoor dining this week. I would be shocked if Philadelphia went forward on friday as scheduled. NYC is obviously a long ways away from that point. Cuomo for some reason called out mall ventilation specifically today, he wants them to have special filters. Not sure how malls have a ventilation different than any other large space with central air and why it wouldn't apply across the board. I think most of the Northeast is going to maintain whatever level of phase they are at for the next few months.
some good anecdotal news - my SIL's 90 yo grandmother who lives in an ALF in NJ who tested positive a few weeks ago has now tested negative and never complained of anything more than a few days headache.
Pretty sure NYC is planning on resuming indoor dining on July 6th. It’s already resumed across the state at 50%.
Was supposed to be there in a couple weeks. When this first started I would have bet their entire country would have been dead by this time. Instead, they wouldn’t dare let my American ass in their doors now.
I just can't see it happening. Philadelphia will follow NJs lead and pause. NYC will pause from there.
Cuomo talks about it at ~14:00 if anyone is interested https://twitter.com/i/events/1240677133971644419