Posted on 12/30/2021 6:02:29 AM PST by rktman
Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases across the country, fueled in large part by the spread of the new Omicron variant, at-home testing kits are nearly impossible to find in some areas. That makes the Biden administration’s new deal with a pharmaceutical company to increase production welcome news…except for one major catch.
The $137 million contract with Millipore Sigma, a unit of Germany's Merck KGaA, to build a factory for making Covid-19 test strip materials won’t be ready for at least three years, the company said, according to Fox News, doing nothing to alleviate the current demand. The move also signals the virus will not be “shut down” by any politician, as Biden vowed on the campaign trail, but will be endemic.
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Three years. Right through the 2024 elections. I wonder if this is some sort of payoff for the overseas control (fraud) of our election system?
politics-as-usual
It’s about grandstanding. It’s about making grand promises, and has nothing to do with delivering
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?
85 million test strips per month gets us only 3 per citizen per year, and it will take Biden three years from now to achieve this pittance. And the $137 million will be paid to a GERMAN company!
But he got his 10%! ...Focus on what’s important !
China: a new hotspot for innovations - Merck KGaA
Nov 13, 2018 — China is a major innovation hotspot and one of our most important growth markets. Therefore, Merck will continue to invest in China and
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Hmmmm.
"SONNY..."
I bet Trump could show him how to get that factory done in two weeks if joe would just ask.
10% for teh Big Guy!.............................
That was my thought - Trump would have this up and running in three months... or less.
That’s a great line! I had to dig way into the memory banks for the band Badfinger.
And a sad echo of what happened to them and how they got ripped off.
NOT AMERICAN factory——GERMAN
Its the goobermint— of course there’s a catch!
First one’s always free...
Check’s in the mail...
Of course I really love you...
No! I won’t c...
I guess they'll transfer the Government Employees overseeing the Buggy Whip program, as the funding for that is scheduled to end right about then. (Sarcasm On)
To be built in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
If you want it here it is come and get it................
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