Canadian Minister of Health, John Rock, puts the welfare of the country ahead of concerns for Drug company patents/profits when he purchases Athrax vaccines from generic companies at substantially less than Bayer would have sold it too us (had they had any in stock). Despite the immense negative backlash from Canadian opposition parties, The Establishment and “dah media” against such a political faux pas, it pales by comparison to what Rock’s counterpart in the U.S. has to undergo when American citizens learn that he did not investigate similar opportunities in light of their situation. The Americans subsequently demand and get the same price from Bayer that the Canadians got from the generic suppliers and the Canadians promise to buy all future orders from Bayer, on the condition that they get the same price that it is being offered to the Americans.
In a related story we hear that, despite all of the hype and horror surrounding the Anthrax attack in U.S. substantially more people were killed and/or sickened by the company that makes the cure for Anthrax. The Pharmaceutical giant, Bayer recalled it’s anti-cholesterol drug, Baycol after it had been linked to 52 deaths.
… Have you had your flu shot yet?