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Fraud, waste and abuse for $100, Alex.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trumps-administration-stuck-with-66-million-doses-of-near-unusable-chloroquine-and-hydroxychloroquine?ref=home
Trump Administration Stuck With 66 Million Doses of Near-Unusable Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine
CUCKOO FOR CHLOROQUINE
Blake Montgomery
Published Jun. 16, 2020 10:56PM ET
Squinch
(51,013 posts)And yet we can't keep helping people who are out of work get food.
Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Kushner/Trump inc. made a bundle I bet.
Moostache
(9,897 posts)Renew Deal
(81,872 posts)You all know about the deep state FDA undermining administrations.
empedocles
(15,751 posts)Rorey
(8,445 posts)Well, somebody got richer, so for OrangeAss I suppose it's Mission Accomplished.
procon
(15,805 posts)How Was Trump even allowed to tip the scales of a large govt purchase when there are standard practices and procedures to avoid exactly this kind of waste, fraud and abuse?
Was Trump hoarding meds to drive the price up to enrich himself and his rich pals who would have benefited from increased drug sales?
Buns_of_Fire
(17,196 posts)Better news -- so can every member of his maladministration. Sprinkle it on the Big Macs. Mix it in gravy smoothies. Make it one of the 11 Secret Herbs and Spices in his KFC.
He'll be more than healthy -- he'll be superduperhealthy!
llmart
(15,552 posts)I was thinking along the same lines. All the GOPers can step right up and get their daily doses, starting with Mitch.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)Jeez, I think anyone from another country who has to interact with him in future negotiations should be aware he is a complete loon and Trump acolyte. I mean, they could just assume he's a useless waste of space not worth talking to, or they could maliciously manipulate him using his delusions.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)Problem solved.
still_one
(92,403 posts)shortage for those who actually need it by their pseudo science
exboyfil
(17,865 posts)so they are not suitable for other conditions.
keithbvadu2
(36,912 posts)The taxpayers are "stuck with".
spanone
(135,876 posts)Hestia
(3,818 posts)lark
(23,156 posts)Navarro be an investor or even an owner?
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)A conservative dark money group that received funding from the pharmaceutical industrys largest trade organization pushed President Donald Trump to use unproven antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 and make it more widely available.
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Last month, the conservative nonprofit group Job Creators Network collaborated with health care nonprofit Physicians for Reform to launch an online petition, a series of Facebook ads and a mass text message campaign urging Trump to make hydroxychloroquine available to treat patients battling COVID-19, Sludge reported. These groups do not disclose their sources of funding.
One of Trumps most influential supporters, Home Depot co-founder Bernard Marcus, founded the Job Creators Network in 2011. Marcus gave $7 million to outside groups supporting Trumps 2016 presidential run. He also gave $100,000 to the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action in 2018 to further support Trumps second presidential bid and plans to spend even more to support Trumps reelection.
Hestia
(3,818 posts)now corner the market on the medication/steroid that UK is finding that treats for the worst of the worst patients.
tanyev
(42,615 posts)Of course, that would have all gone straight to Jared's federal stockpile and never made it to medical workers that needed it, so I guess that's a moot point.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)>Peter Navarro, the presidents trade adviser, raged against the decision Monday and mustered a familiar conspiracy theory in defense of Trump: This is a Deep State blindside by bureaucrats who hate the administration they work for more than theyre concerned about saving American lives.
Seriously, these Trump people hate America. Deep state blindside?
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)in 8 years because everyone was looking for the generic by name. Thanks for letting me get Plaquenil with coated tabs this time.
The cost should come down too.
lark
(23,156 posts)Profiteering is always first and foremost with this murdering traitor. He uses the later 2 traits to ensure the first happens because it's all he truly cares about.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...medication stockpiled by the federal govt. should be provided free of charge to those who actually use the drug for what it was intended.
MiniMe
(21,718 posts)Donate the doses to organizations that support those diseases. Psst, it would be tax deductible.
ashredux
(2,609 posts)Progressive dog
(6,918 posts)to use it up quickly and prove how safe it is. If Pence takes it too, the purchase might pay off for the nation.
woodsprite
(11,924 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)louzke9
(296 posts)For a malaria pandemic, lol!
duforsure
(11,885 posts)Showing how trump used our money for these useless drugs, and how badly he's run up the debt on us like he does in business, heading us into the trump depression.
raccoon
(31,120 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,459 posts)of the next round of RUMP rallies - multiple problems solved at once.
JCMach1
(27,574 posts)IcyPeas
(21,904 posts)WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has supplied Brazil with 2 million doses of hydroxychloroquine for use against the coronavirus, the two governments said on Sunday, despite medical warnings about risks associated with the anti-malaria drug.
The White House released a joint announcement on the drug, whose use has been touted both by U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, just days after the World Health Organization suspended testing it in COVID-19 patients because of safety concerns.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-brazil/u-s-sends-brazil-2-million-doses-of-hydroxychloroquine-drug-touted-by-trump-idUSKBN2370RU