WillBrink
02-14-20, 11:00
Something I have been aware of for some time and it's similar for the supplement industry:
"The coronavirus outbreak has exposed the United States’ dangerous dependence on China for pharmaceutical and medical supplies, including an estimated 97 percent of all antibiotics and 80 percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to produce drugs in the United States."
Read more on that here:
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/02/13/coronavirus-outbreak-exposes-chinas-monopoly-on-u-s-drug-medical-supplies/?
Now buddy of mine, who married a Chinese women, does biz in China, has kids in China, speaks the language and works in pharma etc (to set up the fact he's not just some 'Murican sitting behind his comp bitching...) had this to say on the matter, and he's right. My comments follow:
"We (America) are fat, stupid and lazy. So we are going to deserve what's
likely to happen here.
Proposal (are you listening you do-nothing Congress full of oxygen thieves?).
I propose a bill that would MANDATE that >75% of all critical drugs (Rx and OTC), medical
devices, surgical implants and biologics MUST be made in the USA and sourced/made from API's
that are also made in the USA. I realize this means costs will go up - I'd rather
the option to pay more and get the medicine than to find out we can't get it at
all or are being held hostage by another country.
FWIW - I have been to the world's largest manufacturer of acetaminophen which is in
China (it's in Anqiu City in Shandong Province - near Qingdao which is a beautiful city)
as JNC Nutrachem has a workshop there - remember them Jeff McCarrell???
This one factory produces over 5,000MT of acetaminophen annually and is essentially
the only major supplier on the planet.
Now replace the word "acetaminophen" with <insert potent, life saving medication here>
and you see how scary this gets fast.
Just remember all you "supplement guys?" Better than 80% of China's herbal extract
facilities are in Hubei Province (Wuhan). Yeah, you're gonna wait a minute now. Hope you stocked up
before the Lunar New Year, fellas.
Wake up, America!" - Bruce K
Now, my comments that are tangential to the above:
As always, follow the $... we have huge national oil reserves, military arms stockpiled. etc, etc, yet allow the US to be complete mercy for critical meds of another country, a communist country that does not like us, but is dependent on us, so we tolerate each other.
Where does the major flu strains start each year? China. Tangential: Where do the carnivores start every time? SARS, Avian, H1N1, Mers, etc.China. The entire place seems to be one viral producing lab and why don't we start addressing that too? Intentional or not, they kill tends of thousands to millions and having been very sick for the last few weeks, I'm f-ing done with China.
Scientists also say the source of the next true Pandemic will be via China. If one was to put their tinfoil hat on, they could go down quite a rabbit hole on this topic, but I don't see it as part of any grand conspiracy, but the fact they will literally eat anything, farming practices, huge numbers of people packed into small areas, high concentration of animals and humans, sanitation or lack there of. etc, makes for a viral fun house of horrors.
I have been thinking about that topic for some time, but having the flu for the last few weeks - first time in decades - it's made it more personal and current for obvious reasons. It's time we address this issue head on. Make no mistake here: It needs to be viewed as a national security issue, otherwise, it will not be addressed. This is a FAR bigger threat to the US than any terrorist group we spend billions playing whack a mole with as an example.
"The coronavirus outbreak has exposed the United States’ dangerous dependence on China for pharmaceutical and medical supplies, including an estimated 97 percent of all antibiotics and 80 percent of the active pharmaceutical ingredients needed to produce drugs in the United States."
Read more on that here:
https://www.breitbart.com/asia/2020/02/13/coronavirus-outbreak-exposes-chinas-monopoly-on-u-s-drug-medical-supplies/?
Now buddy of mine, who married a Chinese women, does biz in China, has kids in China, speaks the language and works in pharma etc (to set up the fact he's not just some 'Murican sitting behind his comp bitching...) had this to say on the matter, and he's right. My comments follow:
"We (America) are fat, stupid and lazy. So we are going to deserve what's
likely to happen here.
Proposal (are you listening you do-nothing Congress full of oxygen thieves?).
I propose a bill that would MANDATE that >75% of all critical drugs (Rx and OTC), medical
devices, surgical implants and biologics MUST be made in the USA and sourced/made from API's
that are also made in the USA. I realize this means costs will go up - I'd rather
the option to pay more and get the medicine than to find out we can't get it at
all or are being held hostage by another country.
FWIW - I have been to the world's largest manufacturer of acetaminophen which is in
China (it's in Anqiu City in Shandong Province - near Qingdao which is a beautiful city)
as JNC Nutrachem has a workshop there - remember them Jeff McCarrell???
This one factory produces over 5,000MT of acetaminophen annually and is essentially
the only major supplier on the planet.
Now replace the word "acetaminophen" with <insert potent, life saving medication here>
and you see how scary this gets fast.
Just remember all you "supplement guys?" Better than 80% of China's herbal extract
facilities are in Hubei Province (Wuhan). Yeah, you're gonna wait a minute now. Hope you stocked up
before the Lunar New Year, fellas.
Wake up, America!" - Bruce K
Now, my comments that are tangential to the above:
As always, follow the $... we have huge national oil reserves, military arms stockpiled. etc, etc, yet allow the US to be complete mercy for critical meds of another country, a communist country that does not like us, but is dependent on us, so we tolerate each other.
Where does the major flu strains start each year? China. Tangential: Where do the carnivores start every time? SARS, Avian, H1N1, Mers, etc.China. The entire place seems to be one viral producing lab and why don't we start addressing that too? Intentional or not, they kill tends of thousands to millions and having been very sick for the last few weeks, I'm f-ing done with China.
Scientists also say the source of the next true Pandemic will be via China. If one was to put their tinfoil hat on, they could go down quite a rabbit hole on this topic, but I don't see it as part of any grand conspiracy, but the fact they will literally eat anything, farming practices, huge numbers of people packed into small areas, high concentration of animals and humans, sanitation or lack there of. etc, makes for a viral fun house of horrors.
I have been thinking about that topic for some time, but having the flu for the last few weeks - first time in decades - it's made it more personal and current for obvious reasons. It's time we address this issue head on. Make no mistake here: It needs to be viewed as a national security issue, otherwise, it will not be addressed. This is a FAR bigger threat to the US than any terrorist group we spend billions playing whack a mole with as an example.