Tag: profiteering

How a false hydroxychloroquine narrative was created, and more

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Meryl Nass, MD Alliance for Human Research Protection | June 28, 2020

Below, Dr. Meryl Nass reviews a long list of corrupt practices that undermine the integrity of medical science and the practice of medicine during the current medical crisis. The coronavirus crisis has been made significantly worse by stakeholders who are preventing doctors from prescribing for their patients, existing, safe and effective medicines, because the stakeholders are invested on garnering projected future profits from not-yet-developed vaccines and “countermeasures” specifically developed against COVID-19.

How a false hydroxychloroquine narrative was created, and more

J&J pauses production of its Covid-19 vaccine despite persistent need 💰

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

J&J pauses production of its Covid-19 vaccine despite persistent need

The facility, in the Dutch city of Leiden, has instead been making an experimental but potentially more profitable vaccine to protect against an unrelated virus.

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But poorer countries remain reliant on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine, which does not require ultracold refrigeration. It has been shown to provide strong and long-lasting protection against severe disease across variants, including omicron, when given as a two-shot regimen. As a single shot, the vaccine is less expensive and relatively easy to give to hard-to-reach populations.

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Unlike companies such as Pfizer and Moderna, which have reaped billions of dollars in profits, Johnson & Johnson did not find the COVID vaccine to be a big moneymaker.

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Since production of the COVID vaccine was halted late last year, the Netherlands plant has been manufacturing an experimental vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, that will be used for a clinical trial in older adults in wealthy countries, a person familiar with the matter said. Even if it proves effective, the vaccine is not expected to become available for several years.

Smedley Butler Wasn’t Kidding, by David Swanson

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

by David Swanson

Writer, Dandelion Salad

Let’s Try Democracy

February 4, 2022

Smedley Butler is generally left out of U.S. history. If you bring up a guy who prevented a Wall Street coup against FDR, you do real damage to the tale of peaceful respect for government from the beginning of time up through January 6, 2021. If you mention the scandal that erupted when he recounted how Mussolini had run over a little girl with his car, it’s hard to leave out the U.S. government’s friendly relations with Mussolini.

Smedley Butler Wasn’t Kidding, by David Swanson

Previously:

Why Smedley Butler left the imperialist front despising ‘Gangsters of Capitalism’

The Retired General Who Stopped a Wall Street Coup

Smedley Butler on Interventionism

Trump Created A Program To Privatize Medicare Without Patients’ Consent. Biden Is Keeping It Going.

Tina Marie (Ms. Cat)

Under the program, insurers and doctors can negotiate to move patients to a private insurance stream. Patients don’t get a say.

Trump Created A Program To Privatize Medicare Without Patients’ Consent. Biden Is Keeping It Going.

Previously:

Congress ‘Asleep at the Switch’ as Biden Continues Trump-Era Ploy to Privatize Medicare

Biden moves forward with Trump Medicare privatization plan

Buzzfeed is a little behind (I first blogged about it, in November 2021), but here’s a reminder.