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The agonal mantra during the terminal stages of Trump Derangement-Hilary Deficit Syndromes. Little hope for a cure. Nuff said.

Trump announces he's taking hydroxychloroquine and days later people are trying to home brew their anti-covid-19 remedies.
Here we go again with folks. News yesterday said Schweppes tonic water with quinine has disappeared off the grocers shelves and they are predicting a rise in poisonings with 'monkey see monkey do' folks trying any similar defense to the COVID-19 pandemic.

...and you though no one would be so gullible to try bleach injections, this one could be exponential!

Sure, the wonders of spring cheer many of us up. I have been experiencing my first real serious (not yet delirious) existential variety of clinical depression. No Azores this year, so far. Lock down and the excuse of sloth, put on a few Kg's. Too much choice in life. The vagaries of my kids' lives. And so on. Then C-19, to really put a little frosting on it all.
I used to wonder what such blues really were, and even doubted the validity of such, as I sent my charges on to electro convulsive treatments, after many things were tried, and failed. Including when, even drug combinations, weren't nearly enough. The sort of folks who can't be left out of sight for even a day or two, noose and pistols ever at the ready. This is the land of the free and brave, after all.
But it's a gift to really know in the flesh, that treetop depression exists, and more importantly, how it suits one. And my hottie doctor psychologist, of nearly two decades, now wants to use Zoom. I hate Zoom. So it's of to the apothecary. When things work, they usually continue to do so.
But my ex next door called excitedly to say she saw the first pair of these incredible penny weight critters. Off to the store to buy a colorful feeder, self mixing of "nectar", cheap gnome that I am, and it's now up among the other feeders, visible through the bay window, fascinating both Bravo and meself.
Instant lifting of mood. Even the fruit and berry blossoms, planting the garden, watching Bravo fearlessly chase the chimp monks, and fast paced walking weren't enough. But those little birds, arriving on the wing from some 7,000 KM away, to the same spot, easily fending of birds many times their size, in full helo form---now THAT is the rub.

Seeking to secure the nation's supply of critical medications, the Trump administration has signed a $354 million contract that would create the nation's first strategic stockpile of key ingredients needed to make medicines.

The agreement was signed Monday with Phlow Corp., a generic drug maker based in Virginia. According to a news release to be made public Tuesday, the project will use federal funds from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority under the Department of Health and Human Services.

The goal is twofold: to enable the U.S. to manufacture essential drugs at risk of shortage and to create a reserve of active pharmaceutical ingredients to reduce the dependence on foreign suppliers.

Phlow's CEO, Dr. Eric Edwards, told NBC News that the company had been in discussions with the administration back in November but that the project was fast-tracked once COVID-19 hit.

"We said: 'We have a short-term and long-term solution. We know that there are certain key essential generic medicines that are going to go into shortage if this thing starts spreading,'" Edwards said. "There were drugs that were already on the FDA drug shortage list long before COVID-19 and we already saw what was happening with PPE, and we knew this was going to be as bad or even worse."

"PPE" is short for personal protective equipment used by medical personnel.

Edwards said the company is set to provide more than a dozen medications and ingredients used for sedation, pain management, blood pressure control and antibiotics. It has already produced over 1.6 million doses of five essential generic drugs used to treat COVID-19 that were added to the U.S. Strategic National Stockpile in March.

Phlow will be manufacturing the drugs in partnership with the nonprofit pharmaceutical company Civica Rx, Virginia Commonwealth University and AMPAC Fine Chemicals, a manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients. The total value of the Phlow contract is up to $812 million, which includes the possibility of an additional $458 million to keep the project going long term. It was first reported by The New York Times.

"This is an historic turning point in the battle of President Trump to bring our pharmaceutical manufacturing and supply chain home to American soil," White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told NBC News.

The move would help address a longstanding concern in the health care sector, experts said, as the vast majority of raw drug ingredients are produced overseas, mainly in India and China because of cheap manufacturing costs and less stringent regulations. Experts have long feared a significant supply disruption caused by the country's dependence on foreign manufacturing.

The coronavirus pandemic has forced hospitals to scramble to source critical medications for COVID-19 patients. In some cases, fear of shortages has created a competitive landscape among health care providers seeking the same medications.

Arash Dabestani, senior director of pharmacy at NYU Langone Health in New York, said getting the necessary drugs often involves a team of six people making calls to wholesalers, distributors and direct manufacturers as early as 9 a.m. And even then, they may get only half the supply they really need.

"It's like an auction," Dabestani said. "Whoever screams the loudest gets it."

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Why would Congress name a bill that in the first place? Why not HR 5555?

Anyway, I just recently heard about this and very briefly read about it and don't know much about the specfics the bill talks about. I am just interested in knowing why they would name it that? A bill....that makes it, from my understanding, mandatory for us to receive a vaccine.


anyway....

SpO2 average @ 97

PR bpm 72

an oximeter can be a valuable tool in the house,

It's been a busy month in the White House where Trump's valet, 2 Pence employees, 3 white house staff members and something like 11 secret service agents have all tested positive for the coronavirus.
Testing, testing, testing and serious concern for top officials in the oval office.

I shouldn't speculate on this one...

They reopened a popular South Florida beach and 7,000 people showed up not wearing masks with a total defiance of social distancing. So the city was forced to close the beach again. C'mon people... use your brains.

Restaurants are soon to reopen allowed with only 25% capacity. It's reported some will annex their parking lots setting up tables distanced so they can service customers and maintain compliance. They have a plan!

Local news reports say many retail stores have masks for sale.
It's good to hear this.

While I find the image below to be funny, if the outside of the mask is contaminated and your hands touch the straw and cap, there is a strong chance the virus will pass into the mask.

Before this virus...well...even during it....there are people who attack other people. dem vs rep rich vs poor....the list just goes on and on and on and on.....


Ironic though....

This virus is reported to set our immune system in hyper mode, where it actually attacks ourselves.