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US will spend $3B to develop antiviral pills for COVID-19
NY Post ^ | 06/17/2021 | Jackie Salo

Posted on 06/17/2021 12:27:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

The US will invest more than $3 billion to advance the development of antiviral pills for COVID-19 and other pathogens to prepare for future pandemics, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday.

The nation’s top infectious disease expert announced the $3.2 billion investment as part of a new “antiviral program for pandemics” to develop drugs to address symptoms caused by potentially dangerous viruses.

“It’s a whole-of-government effort aimed at developing the next generation of COVID-19 treatments, as well as preparing us for future threats,” Fauci said at the White House’s coronavirus press briefing.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: antivirual; covid; fauci; pills; spend
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When the government "invests" its a huge waste.
1 posted on 06/17/2021 12:27:23 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

US will invest = waste


2 posted on 06/17/2021 12:28:33 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Just where are the biological technological successes from Aphony Fauxcy?


3 posted on 06/17/2021 12:29:07 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Critical Marx Theory is The SOLUTION....)
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To: CGASMIA68

You already have drugs ...but there to cheap for you and big drugs


4 posted on 06/17/2021 12:29:57 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hey, I have a new and novel idea that no one has every thought of...Why don’t we use Hydroxychloroquine for the magic pill?


5 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:01 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

How much ivermectin could 3 billion buy?


6 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:01 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This Fauci has completely fleeced the country and will continue to do so. COVID is the biggest scam in world history.


7 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:02 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Is this guy serious? He knows nobody trusts him on the shots, so now they want to push pills? What an evil son of a beech!


8 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:06 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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Gain of function research sure is expensive!


9 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:31 PM PDT by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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10 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:47 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Ingredients = hydroxychlorquine/Ivermectin


11 posted on 06/17/2021 12:30:53 PM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

When fauxcheeze 😷, nobody listens. NO 💉 NO 💊 🐂💨💩


12 posted on 06/17/2021 12:31:46 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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Why is he still on the payroll?


13 posted on 06/17/2021 12:31:46 PM PDT by Maudeen (https://thereishopeinJesus.com/)
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Another Big Pharma payoff.

We already have successful antiviral meds, with proven safety records.

14 posted on 06/17/2021 12:32:08 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: ChicagoConservative27; SeekAndFind

That investment has been made, patent expired, the pills are pennies each.

Ivermectin

https://ivmmeta.com/

Endorsed by the Dean of the prestigious Emory Medical School, a former Harvard Chief Academic Officer.

Existing affordable drugs could rapidly reduce Covid-19 cases and deaths in India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/existing-affordable-drugs-could-rapidly-reduce-covid-19-cases-and-deaths-in-india/

This story has NO coverage from his home town newspaper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, nor from his hometown national news network, CNN.


15 posted on 06/17/2021 12:32:56 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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Sell it at Tractor Supply (they had to pull their stockpile of Ivermectin at the start of the pandemic because it was veterinary use only) it was cheap there.


16 posted on 06/17/2021 12:33:07 PM PDT by packagingguy
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The nation’s top infectious disease expert announced...

Unbelievable!

17 posted on 06/17/2021 12:34:02 PM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Roughly enough for everyone on the planet.


18 posted on 06/17/2021 12:34:14 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Ivermectin is better.


19 posted on 06/17/2021 12:35:11 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Why not 3 billion for cancer? That kills FAR more than this Chinese made virus!

I truly despise our government.


20 posted on 06/17/2021 12:35:55 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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