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2020-04-07 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

The Bureau of Prisons Just Bought a Ton of Hydroxychloroquine

[Daily Beast] A debate may be raging inside the White House about the efficacy of an anti-malaria drug to treat the novel coronavirus, but the Trump administration isn’t waiting for a resolution. Two federal agencies have already placed purchase orders for the drug.

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons have both reported purchases of hydroxychloroquine since March 26, according to federal procurement records.

The Department of Veterans Affairs purchased $40,000 in hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from the pharmaceutical company McKesson, and another $168,000 from the Colorado-based generic drug distributor Golden State Medical Supply. Procurement records for both list them as "emergency" purchase orders to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

The Bureau of Prisons’ purchase order does not mention the coronavirus. But the $60,000 purchase of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from the company Premium Rx National came on March 31‐in the midst of a worsening outbreak at the federal correctional facilities that the bureau oversees and days before President Trump announced that he was stockpiling millions of pills of the drug. It appears to be the first time that the BOP has purchased the drug.

Neither the VA nor BOP responded to requests for additional information about the purchases, and how, or whether, they would be used in the near-term to treat coronavirus patients.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-07 08:17|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 I'd say it's for lupus, but, well, it's never lupus.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-04-07 08:41|| 2020-04-07 08:41|| Front Page Top

#2 they also need a zinc supplement and a strong antibiotic

Posted by lord garth 2020-04-07 08:54|| 2020-04-07 08:54|| Front Page Top

#3 Bastards better not get mine.

Posted by Skidmark 2020-04-07 09:21|| 2020-04-07 09:21|| Front Page Top

#4 Because they're so much more important than the general public.

Posted by Dron66046 2020-04-07 09:25|| 2020-04-07 09:25|| Front Page Top

#5 A hydroxychloroquine VA controlled study? I didn't experience any noticeable downside the first time. Nothing from the Anthrax shots either. Is there a web portal sign-up link? Express Scripts ?

Posted by Besoeker 2020-04-07 09:36|| 2020-04-07 09:36|| Front Page Top

#6 #5 B, you are an anecdote. To be rejected out of hand before you queer things for ~~Tony Fauci's bank account~~ Big Pharma...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-07 09:43|| 2020-04-07 09:43|| Front Page Top

#7 Now, I'd like to read that US military bought tons of staff - SAC & nuclear first response personnel top priority (because Xi IS fucking crazy).

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-04-07 10:11|| 2020-04-07 10:11|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ They have go pills and inoculations they have signed off on not talking about. .

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-04-07 10:20|| 2020-04-07 10:20|| Front Page Top

#9 Dron, the general public can't be relied upon to vote the right way.

Posted by Cesare 2020-04-07 15:57|| 2020-04-07 15:57|| Front Page Top

#10 May I recommend .30-06 bullets fired by a squad?

Posted by Ducatisti 2020-04-07 18:44|| 2020-04-07 18:44|| Front Page Top

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