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The Cost of Covid-19 Treatment Has Left Families Destitute Around the World
wsj ^ | May 29, 2021 5:30 am ET | Ryan Dube and Vibhuti Agarwal

Posted on 05/29/2021 7:27:11 AM PDT by entropy12

The continuing spread of Covid-19 in poor countries hasn’t only truncated hopes for an economic recovery. It has also bankrupted families who had to spend their life savings trying to help loved ones who were infected.

For the relatives of the seriously ill, that can mean crushing medical bills to pay for oxygen, doctors and medicine in countries with patchy health systems and virtually no social safety nets. Some families have raffled off cars or pawned appliances. Others sell small plots of land or plead for help on crowdfunding websites. In Peru, local media reported a man offering to sell a kidney to secure a spot in a hospital for a sick family member.

Economists warn that the financial challenges affecting thousands of families will deepen inequality in developing countries, as members of a vulnerable middle class—already battered by job losses caused by lockdowns—are driven back into poverty.

From Lima to New Delhi, there is a deepening divergence with a rich world that is slowly returning to normal thanks to coronavirus vaccines.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; covid19
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World can thank president Trump for warp speed development and distribution of covid vaccines.
1 posted on 05/29/2021 7:27:11 AM PDT by entropy12
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To: entropy12

The US can thank the CDC and MDA for not prescribing ivermectin at the first sign of Covid. This “Just go home and wait for symptoms” advice didn’t do anything. By the symptoms come on strong, it may be too late. That and the “Crime Against Humanity” in sending infected people to helpless and defenseless nursing home residents. BIH, Cuomo.


2 posted on 05/29/2021 7:33:50 AM PDT by BipolarBob (This is my chainsaw. There are many like it but this one is mine.)
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To: entropy12

not all families.

the FauXi family and Gates family and Soros family
are MAKING a KILLING (in every sense of the word).


3 posted on 05/29/2021 7:36:07 AM PDT by Diogenesis (Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum)
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To: entropy12
I think they mean:

The Cost of Covid-19 Treatment Has Left Families Around the World Destitute

Unless these destitute families have become world travelers.

4 posted on 05/29/2021 7:36:43 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: BipolarBob

I wonder what the cost of treating people with HCQ and Ivermectin would have been had the world been doing that in mass from the beginning...


5 posted on 05/29/2021 7:44:07 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: BipolarBob

Not only Cuomo; it was PA’s Wolf and NJ’s Murphy.


6 posted on 05/29/2021 7:44:36 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit..)
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To: srmanuel

Less than $5 per person, maybe less than $2


7 posted on 05/29/2021 7:46:40 AM PDT by cpt_dave
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To: entropy12

Thanks, China.

Nice virus you released on us.


8 posted on 05/29/2021 7:51:03 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents)(Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: cpt_dave

I’m asking a rhetorical question, but we could have treated everyone in the USA with 2 drugs that have been around for decades that are fully tested....for between 700 million and 1.75 billion approximately this represents a rounding error on what we have already spent and will spend in the future and many thousands of less people would have died...


9 posted on 05/29/2021 7:51:05 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: srmanuel
For HCQ it's a pill a day for a week or two to get the proper drug loading, then a pill every 5-7 days.

WIth Ivermectin, it's a pill a day

Cost is nothing.

People have their horses on it

10 posted on 05/29/2021 7:53:58 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: BipolarBob

Even the manufacturer of Invermectin (Merck) says there is no clinical evidence the drug does ANYTHING for COVID19.

https://www.merck.com/news/merck-statement-on-ivermectin-use-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/

Don’t you think if it was indeed somehow helpful that Merck would be lining up just like Pfizer and Moderna for THEIR share of the billions of dollars to be made selling something to help treat or prevent COVID?

I get that people are looking for magical cure or preventative, but when even the manufacturer of said drug says it DOES NOTHING FOR COVID, perhaps there’s something to that..


11 posted on 05/29/2021 7:57:17 AM PDT by jstolzen
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To: entropy12

The world can thank Fauci, the CDC, the WHO, and the vaccine manufacturers for disallowing harmless therapies such as ivermectin and HCQ, needlessly increasing the deaths of all—but especially those in poor countries.


12 posted on 05/29/2021 7:59:39 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: rdcbn1

Thanks, I think we are both saying we could have treated everyone in the country for a relatively small amount of money, kept the economy and schools open and saved countless lives in the process....

I have my doubts but if the true history of this pandemic is ever written, it should be considered a tragic crime against humanity that was thrown onto this country and the rest of the world for that matter...


13 posted on 05/29/2021 8:02:11 AM PDT by srmanuel (`)
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To: Diogenesis

If you had the skills Gates has, you would be making a fortune as well. America is still a great country. Anyone can get rich.


14 posted on 05/29/2021 8:02:16 AM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump saved Millions of lives with his warp speed push of vaccines, including my spouse.)
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To: cpt_dave

Invermectin retails at around $100 for twenty 3 mg pills. So no idea where you’re getting $5 or even $2 per person.

Now, if you want to go take the version that they make for HORSES (like some people are apparently doing), YMMV. I personally know someone who paid $300 for 180 horse pills from a veterinary supply store - absolutely beyond stupid to take that.

Meanwhile, here’s what the FDA has to say about Invermectin - especially why not to take the version made for HORSES. (Yeah, I know you guys don’t trust the FDA..but eventually ya gotta trust SOMEONE..)

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/why-you-should-not-use-ivermectin-treat-or-prevent-covid-19

All that aside, even the manufacturer (Merck) of Invermectin says it does nothing for COVID. If it did, don’t you think they’d be lining up to make their share of the supposed billions available for companies with a product to treat or prevent COVID?


15 posted on 05/29/2021 8:02:29 AM PDT by jstolzen
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Nailed it.
16 posted on 05/29/2021 8:03:23 AM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump saved Millions of lives with his warp speed push of vaccines, including my spouse.)
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To: jstolzen

Ivermectin most definitely helps:

https://c19early.com/

https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2021/05/i-dont-know-of-a-bigger-story-in-the-world-right-now-than-ivermectin-ny-times-best-selling-author.html

Get your head out.


17 posted on 05/29/2021 8:03:28 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: jstolzen
but when even the manufacturer of said drug says it DOES NOTHING FOR COVID, perhaps there’s something to that..

Or not. We don't know the pressure behind closed doors to do/say anything. I know some countries and cities (like Mexico City) said cases/deaths dropped dramatically when they used it. It seems like it can be used everywhere but here. I don't believe anything from the MSM or Big Pharma anymore. We are the guinea pigs and are all expendable.So, do you agree with the recommendation of just going home to quarantine with NO TREATMENT whatsoever until symptoms appear?

18 posted on 05/29/2021 8:04:06 AM PDT by BipolarBob (This is my chainsaw. There are many like it but this one is mine.)
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To: jstolzen

Merck doesn’t make any money off of expired patents that have many generic versions.


19 posted on 05/29/2021 8:04:56 AM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: rdcbn1

Are HCQ or Ivermectin prohibited in United States?
If not, people are free to use them as much as they want, because cost is low.


20 posted on 05/29/2021 8:05:02 AM PDT by entropy12 (President Trump saved Millions of lives with his warp speed push of vaccines, including my spouse.)
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