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July 2nd<\/sup> 2020<\/i><\/p>\n

When the news broke that the US government had snapped up the entire world stock of available remdesivir, the only drug shown to be effective in treating COVID-19, there was immediate outrage. While it\u2019s not a cure of any sort, it shortened the course of hospitalizations for this disease by some 20%, and improved the survival rate by a similar amount. Make no mistake: this is no panacea. COVID-19 is still an extremely dangerous and deadly disease, and remdesivir or no, the long-term effects remain unknown.<\/p>\n

The government snapped up some half a million doses, enough to treat about 50-100,000 people hospitalized with COVID-19. It represents some three months of the world\u2019s supply.<\/p>\n

It was a vicious and sociopathic move by the US, and unfortunately, is seen as being typical of how Americans operate. In fairness, most Americans were appalled, and that number will grow once it becomes clear Trump didn\u2019t buy it to save their miserable lives, unless they were billionaires or Nazis.<\/p>\n

Gilead, the company complicit in this deeply immoral deal, came under immediate scrutiny by the EU and other developed nations. Gilead signed an agreement with the EU to boost production so demand could be met in the next month or so, when warehoused supplies ran out. The unspoken threat was they had better, or the EU would simply suspend their copyright on the drug and make the recipe available for all other pharmaceuticals. The US would oppose that, of course, being the beacon of light to all corporations all over the world, but frankly, the opinion of the US doesn\u2019t carry much weight these days.<\/p>\n

Part of the outrage stems from the fact that the US needs more remdesivir than anyone else, simply from reasons that were self inflicted. Where most of the developed world have brought the plague down to manageable levels, the ones governed by insane fascist bastards\u2014Brazil, Russia, India and America\u2014have totally lost control of their infestations. In America, cases which had run over 30,000 new cases a day in late April, were brought down to under 20,000. But between intense pressure from corporate overlords to reopen and \u201csave the economy,\u201d cruel contempt for the safety of workers, prisoners, native populations and the aged, and a truly crack-brained notion that wearing a mask infringed on personal rights, the US completely blew it on efforts to control the disease. New daily cases are above 50,000 now (over 57,000 today) and are expected to reach 100,000 a day over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n

The US was already seen with a mixture of horror and pity. The antics of the Trump regime were bad enough; this self-immolation made the US pariah and object lesson. Now the the pity and horror are admixed with rage. If the Americans are too fucking stupid to control their plague, the thinking goes, what right have they to deny responsible nations this drug which might save lives? The US has reached the same communal level as that of a drunk stealing communal wine from the local church.<\/p>\n

So now America is seen with horror, pity, and rage.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not as bad as it sounds. Oh, not America\u2019s reputation\u2014it\u2019s thoroughly trashed and will remain that way for decades to come. But Trump\u2019s effort to screw the world isn\u2019t as lethal as it might sound. EU countries, Canada and other places had already stocked up on enough remdesivir to get them through most of July, and they did it without fucking anyone else over. If Gilead follows through on the promise to boost production, little or no harm will be done. And as noted, America is an object lesson: unless you want to see tens or hundreds of your fellow citizens die, don\u2019t follow their example. Tough out the economic lock down, take care of your people, and reopen wisely. Don\u2019t be that guy.<\/p>\n

The Republicans have made it clear they won\u2019t extend unemployment benefits or do anything for the millions of people still out of work. To them, open stores are more important than dead Americans. Work, or die. Or both. Report to your work camps for the greater glory of the fuhrer!<\/p>\n

The Trump administration is involved in Stalinesque efforts to hide the damage. Just as Hitler secreted his death camps in eastern Europe outside of German borders, Republicans are working hard to hide the extent and damage of the plague, flooding media and social media with false stories about Democrats inflating death numbers, and \u201cwanting America to fail.\u201d The mindset of the GOP, like those of the Nazi party eighty years earlier, is to blame \u201cenemies from within and without\u201d for their failings.<\/p>\n

Even now, millions of Americans run around shouting they have a right to go maskless. Police officers in a coffee shop in Oregon today harassed and berated store clerks for asking them to observe the \u201cMasks required\u201d sign on the front door. By the standards of American cops, these were better behaved them some\u2014they didn\u2019t shoot the clerks, or even arrest them. I wonder if those cops think they have a right to go in a day-care center and shit on the playfloor. It\u2019s pretty much the same thing.<\/p>\n

Trump is cutting testing so there will be less cases reported. Is it possible to be more stupid?<\/p>\n

The EU has banned Americans from visiting. A poll in Canada showed reactions to American visitors ranging from strong aversion (Quebec, where only 24% favored allowing Americans to visit) to projectile vomiting revulsion (BC, where only 6% wanted to allow Americans in). Granted, BC has had a problem with sick Americans sneaking in, and did long before COVID-19 turned up.<\/p>\n

The US may or may not come to terms with this disease. But they\u2019ve already lost all their friends, aside from the President\u2019s manipulative buddy in the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

Wear a mask. Stay safe. Don\u2019t be one of THOSE Americans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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