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Hey Bob P., is it time yet to drop all this isolation silliness and put grandparents like you back to work? Texes Lt. Gov thinks so.
EH? I already have two part-time jobs that are done from my home office; one of which I’ve had almost 40 years and the other almost 10. What’s your point? I haven’t heard anything about the TX Lt. Gov’s proposal.
Been mulling this over and while I am in support of the moves Trump and Holcomb made, we need to do something different when we do get through this. We came home from Florida early due to feared travel restrictions and are fine. Just rather be home.
WE do have a failure here and it is very obvious, to the point folks are beginning to talk about it.
The very idea that we have let China become our major supplier of prescription drugs, and the fact that the industry and government knew that, is beyond the pale. Why on earth would we allow that to happen. Can only be one answer. MONEY – MONEY – MONEY.
That has to stop. The United States should immediately begin to address this national security concern in the strongest possible way.
Incentives to drug makers.
Restrictions, phased in on the percentage of drugs we are allowed to import from a communist nation, or any unstable country we do not trust.
Pricing stipulations, I hate to use “protections” but a way to ensure drugs are available to all at the same price and make them compete by ensuring that generics, supplements, daily maintenance medicines have several sources.
Immediately establish a National Preserve full of all needed drugs for war, (hope not) natural disaster, epidemic, pandemic, etc. That should include access to supplies of surgical equipment, PPE’s, ventilators, whatever the professionals need. Maintain extra hospital space on military bases, easily opened in times of need, fully equipped. It will take full time staffs, new jobs and require ongoing maintenance to maintain readiness and a program to replace obsolete medicines and equipment. The older equipment would be marketable to charities in under served counties with needs for help.
THIS SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN AND THE POLITICIANS SHOULD GET OFF THEIR DUFFS (Could have said A____ )AND MAKE SURE IT HAPPENS.
Not only will it provide the buffer we need, the establishment of the this reserve and the jobs to build it and maintain it will create one hell of a lot of jobs. Many would replace the lost jobs that will never be back.
Bud Green
BINGO, Bud; right on!