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97% of antibiotics and 80% of pharmaceuticals in US are imported from China, 70% of Americans take pharma daily, This could destroy the USA

 
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If a person could get along without the drugs they are taking, it could be a problem stopping them. Many drugs are addictive even when they say they aren't. Or at least you would need to wean off them to be safe. I used to take a blood pressure med that if you didn't wean off, it could cause chest pain or even a heart attack!

If people have no idea that their drug won't be there to refill, I think a lot of people could be in trouble.
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We're both in the same boat on requiring our meds.

I'm trying to figure out my new glucose monitor. Looks easy to use, but I am one of those folks that reads every page of every manual so it's going to take me a while.
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Most all pharmaceutical research and development is done in the US, 30% of it is paid for by US taxes and the rest is from other US sources. It is mostly manufactured in slave worker China- yet Americans pay more for pharmaceuticals than anywhere in the world.
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You can thank insurance companies for that
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Most all pharmaceutical research and development is done in the US, 30% of it is paid for by US taxes and the rest is from other US sources. It is mostly manufactured in slave worker China- yet Americans pay more for pharmaceuticals than anywhere in the world.
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You can thank insurance companies for that
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There were Netflix Episodes of dirty money that went over some of the shysters in the Insurance and Pharma Industry.

Absolute Scum Bags.
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Even though I agree with the main thrust of the point of this thread, the fact remains that many people's lives are enhanced by taking a much needed pill daily. I am one of them. I am 84 now and would have died 16yrs ago of a heart attack without modern medical intervention. My son would be in a wheelchair now without Enbrel for his rheumatoid arthritis. My life has been improved by these advances in medicine.

My beef is that we are being exploited by the high cost of many of these medicines that many people have no choice whether or not they take them. It would be out of the reach of someone who does not have medical insurance, since it costs $1000.00 a month for this medicine. It annoys me that natural alternatives are not looked into because there is no profit in it.

I remember when all these pharmaceuticals were manufactured in the U.S. I remember the outcry when the pharmaceutical companies first went overseas because the wages of workers was more favorable.The outcry died down though when the government failed to act on this unamerican turn of events of almost all manufacturing being taken out of our country.

Finally it took a businessman to see the effect this was having on our country and act decisively on it.
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Remember the World Trade Organization Protests in Seattle and many other countries back in the late 80s, early 90's?

You had millions of people protesting trade with China because they knew the damage it would do it do to this country and the movement was hijacked by Big Business Interests, The Chamber of Commerce and Banking to paint these protesters as Business Hating Commies.

I mean think about how stupid that sounds and people bought it.

Greedy Business moving to Communist China to take advantage of slave labor under Communism and the protesters are the Communists?

The same thing happened with the bank bail out protests.
People protested the corruption in the finance industry and once again it was hijacked by the banking industry by painting the protesters as a bunch of hippies looking for a free hand out.
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The people protested because of China's human rights abuses. Tiananmen Square comes to mind.
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Could also bring freedom from the stranglehold of big pharma on our medical system
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What's BS about the post? Do you know how much of our rx's are made in China?
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Most all pharmaceutical research and development is done in the US, 30% of it is paid for by US taxes and the rest is from other US sources. It is mostly manufactured in slave worker China- yet Americans pay more for pharmaceuticals than anywhere in the world.
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Hundreds of millions will be without meds if US bans imports or China stops exporting



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When I read "beware of Pharmakia" in the Bible, I knew what it meant. I don't do pharm. 68 years old, I eat organic and vegetarian so I don't need pharm.
I knew that the medical industry would be part of the anti christ system, and that people who rely on pharm will be trapped and have to take the mark.
There is a natural answer to all of your ailments.
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My medication is grown by me....I know what goes in...and I know what comes out....good genes means good medicine....crossbreeding is not rocket science you know....just takes a little experimenting.
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U.S. policymakers worry about China 'weaponizing' drug exports

“Medicines can be used as a weapon of war against the United States,” Rosemary Gibson, a senior adviser on health care issues at the bioethics-focused Hastings Center and co-author of “China Rx: Exposing the Risks of America's Dependence on China for Medicine,” told lawmakers last month. “Supplies can be withheld. Medicines can be made with lethal contaminants or sold without any real medicine in them, rendering them ineffective.

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IT IS NOT A MATTER OF "CAN" - A couple of years ago, China produced hypertension Rx Valsartan was quickly removed from the market when it contained cancer causing ingredients. I was on it for years so I guess I'm a ticking time bomb.
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Are you saying all the pill poppers, obese and those sucking down medicare will die and save billions in tax dollars?
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Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!

Oh,and screw tepco & the V.A.



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That's because of my 3 50
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I can't fully control my subconscious and not be honest with myself
So give me my three 50 back
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With 70 Percent of Americans on Medication, Have We Become a Pill Culture?

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Drug addicts.
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This could save countless lives since most drugs have lethal side effects long term.
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Wuhan star bandit strikes again.

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Me, too.
Five stars, Opie. Good info. Thank you.

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and so it begins.....


THREAD: On #Coronavirus, China and U.S. Drug Shortages: Some shortages or near shortages may be inevitable in U.S. as a result of crisis in China. U.S. regulators can take steps now to mitigate impact on Americans by identifying vulnerabilities and getting alternate supply online

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Coronavirus pandemic threatens to cut pharmaceutical industry’s lifeline


Raw materials from China are used in making antibiotics, paracetamol, and diabetes and cardiovascular drugs, among others. Companies including Lupin, Sun Pharmaceuticals, Glenmark, Mankind, Dr Reddy’s, Torrent, Aurobindo Pharma and Abbott are hugely dependent on Chinese imports.



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Last month, the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission held a hearing on the United States’ growing reliance on China's pharmaceutical products. The topic reminded me of a spirited discussion described in Bob Woodward’s book, Fear: Trump in the White House. In the discussion, Gary Cohn, then chief economic advisor to President Trump, argued against a trade war with China by invoking a Department of Commerce study that found that 97 percent of all antibiotics in the United States came from China. “If you’re the Chinese and you want to really just destroy us, just stop sending us antibiotics,” he said.

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Ho Lee Phuc
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yeahsure can any one guess whew engineered America's dependence on Chyna?

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Bill Clinton in 2000

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yeahsure getting warmer
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That was the Rockerfellers Redistribution of Wealth Scheme...
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1 in 6 Americans are on antidepressant drugs. We all know what happens when they go off their meds.
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Yup - Quarentine of Qualudes...
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Most of the leading pharmaceutical companies are headquartered in the USA/Canada/Northern Europe, so I'm guessing that these large percentages (97% and 80%) are generic drugs that may come from China or India.

If those numbers are true, then I see a HUGE opportunity for Trump.

Encourage, with tax breaks and incentives and less red tape, new (and existing) generic drug manufacturers to build/expand production facilities here in the USA.
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This!!
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I get mine from the feed store.
I lost my apathy.
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"Basically we've outsourced our entire industry to China," retired Brig. Gen. John Adams told NBC News. "That is a strategic vulnerability."

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