For the "it's like the flu" crowd, a little RWN interview with a guy currently quarantined in Italy. Link will self destruct in a day or so. Good listen.
https://s.amsu.ng/jPVevF5rAg3N On Wed, Mar 11, 2020, 8:30 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > And he of course is NEVER wrong. > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2020 at 2:53 AM Scott Ritchey via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Hannity said 95% of all antibiotics in the US come from China. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of > > > Curley McLain via Mercedes > > > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:07 AM > > > To: Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > Cc: Curley McLain <126die...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Keep Calm and Carry On (Mexican beer virus) > > > > > > Yep, I've often wondered about this. The US used to keep industries > > like sugar > > > and textile/clothing industries alive because they were considered > > critical > > > defense industries. This was stopped in the clinton era and the big 5 > > sugar > > > companies in HI collapsed, and C Brewer died. Brewer was one of the > > first to > > > diversify, but that still did not keep them out of trouble. C Brewer > > had been in > > > existence since 1826 and was one of the oldest companies in the world. > > The > > > textile/clothing industries remaining died about the same time. > > > > > > Drug manufacturing is such a high profit biz, I was unaware that we > > depended > > > on the chicoms for drugs. I was aware that a lot were being made in > > india, > > > along with a lot of fakes being made in india. I was not aware that > the > > usa has > > > pretty much no drug mfg capacity. That is dangerous for such a drug > > addicted > > > country. > > > > Scott Ritchey via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> March 10, > > > > 2020 at 12:19 AM This scenario has highlighted our (US) > > > > over-dependence on medical supplies (like drugs) from China. When I > > > > was in the military procurement business, we had to source everything > > > > for critical systems from the US or other non-interruptible sources. > > > > IMO, we need similar policies for critical medical supplies. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
