https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/health/cancer-drug-shortage.html … We're running out of vincristine? WTF.
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Look at the current list of drug shortages. https://www.drugs.com/drug-shortages/ Guess what's at the top of the list? Sodium chloride solution. Fucking SALT. There is a shortage of saline bags in the United States of America. People are going to die.
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You know, there's a story about salt some of you need to read. It's by Isaac Babel. I'm told that in Russia people memorize it, like a poem.https://www.deviantart.com/the-black-cat/journal/Here-is-the-story-Salt-by-Isaac-Babel-320017385 …
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"ICU Medical cited increased demand as the reason for the shortage." Of SALT WATER. Oh no, there's increased demand for our products! Whatever shall we do? I guess we'll just have to sit on our butts and let ICU patients die! We couldn't, I don't know, increase production?
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Why are there only five companies listed as making saline bags? https://www.drugs.com/drug-shortages/0-9-sodium-chloride-large-volume-bags-76 … It's a sterile bag of salt water! Ok, it has to have the right concentration, it has to have a Luer lock that's the right size for a standard IV syringe, but honestly that doesn't sound hard.
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Can we investfund the shit out of it?
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