Here's the clip of Azar not assuring Rep. Schakowsky a covid-19 vaccine will be affordable to all.pic.twitter.com/Z8aNd4wLWj
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Azar refuses to promise a coronavirus vaccine will be affordable for anyone:
"We would want to ensure that we work to make it affordable, but we can't control that price, because we need the private sector to invest.. Price controls won't get us there."
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Another revealing bit. Schakowsky asked if we've funded all the R&D. Azar: "No, that's not accurate. For instance Gilead has a product Remdesivir that was originally NIH-funded basic research I think out of the University of Alabama, but they've carried forward with development."
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In case anyone's forgotten, Azar was the president of Eli Lilly, a member of the board of directors of a pharmaceutical lobby group, and ran a strategist/consultant firm to the biotech and healthcare industries.https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/healthcare/10-things-to-know-about-trump-s-hhs-sec-nominee-alex-azar …
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Today, Azar says he'll try for at least ONE affordable vax "We will work to ensure that there are appropriate protections to ensure the affordability of any vaccine produced out of joint venture work that taxpayers are funding.. We also have some purely private sector endeavors."pic.twitter.com/JA5gRyXGNa
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Gillibrand statement notes she voted against Azar. "I was concerned about his coziness with the pharmaceutical industry and his comments have proven my concerns right. Our only focus should be ensuring that every American has access to a vaccine, not whether big pharma" profits.
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Schakowsky isn't done with this. She's asking Azar how much the government has spent for work going to COVID-19 vaccines, treatments; what agreements is he getting with pharma companies, and can he assure affordability without agreements.pic.twitter.com/ciJmJCBOVx
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Man works for the thing that also owns the money factory
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(For those who think you're joking, Azar literally was a pharmaceutical lobbyist.) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Azar
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@People4Bernie@AOC@BernieSanders@ninaturner@Students_Bernie this needs to be a M4A advertisement holy shit -
I agree, but then the disingenuous smear merchants in the media will accuse Sanders of "politicizing" the corona virus for his own gain.
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