Fauci seemed upset that some old drug at the cost of an aspirin may be a substitute for a new and improved and very expensive “drug”
Fauci has made Big Pharma $billions.
Is Anthony Fauci the Bernie Madoff of Aids?
“Fauci seemed upset that some old drug at the cost of an aspirin may be a substitute for a new and improved and very expensive “drug”.”
While I have not heard him speak specifically, given that he is a creature of the institution, I would expect him to support very expensive, highly bureaucratized way of testing a substance’s efficacy that is drawn out over many many years. Many discoveries happen by accident (e.g. penicillin) or the fact that a drug like Wellbutrin (to treat depression) can be used for other things like weight loss. So the Dr here might be too intellectually or institutionally conditioned to consider the possibilities at a time when one doesn’t have the luxury of time.
On the other side of the coin is the anecdotal - how does one validate such claims so that the “cure” does not cause temporary, or serious or permanent injury / death, or at best waste of resource$? Snake oil salesmen have been around for a very long time, and have gotten wealthy. Then there will be the lawsuits. Fauci may be cautious by training. I can see where he disagrees with POTUS on such a specific issue; that isn’t a necessarily a bad thing.
Anyone who has ever advised someone knows that sometimes one has to step in to keep their boss from making a big error. The concern is where and when he should have the discussion with the POTUS. Not on live television as that is not his place in most cases, especially if they discussed this before behind closed doors.
We live in interesting times.
There’s money to be made in prolonging the problem.