The main reason why the United States has aggressively bought out Remdesivir this time is that the United States has really started to panic, because the current epidemic has become increasingly out of control, and such behavior can be regarded as indiscriminate treatment of diseases.
According to reports, it is known that the U.S. government has placed an order to purchase more than 500,000 doses of Remdesivir, which is equivalent to the U.S. directly purchasing all of Gilead’s production capacity in July and 90% of its production capacity in August and September. break. This behavior of the United States completely ignores the interests of its allies, so let us explain why the United States would do this.
As soon as the epidemic in the United States worsened, panic began.
When the United States started stockpiling mode, the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia in the United States exceeded 2.73 million. As of today, the number of confirmed cases in the United States has exceeded 3 million, which is equivalent to one in every 100 people. One person has been diagnosed, and the number of new people added every day in the past few days has reached 70,000 to 80,000. Therefore, the continued deterioration of the new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic has made the United States panic, and even started stockpiling mode and bought out remdesivir. .
Indiscriminate medical treatment for two diseases
What kind of miracle drug is Remdesivir? It can actually enable the United States to start a domineering stockpiling model. This drug is a drug developed by the American company Gilead. This antiviral drug has been undergoing clinical trials in many countries, including the United Kingdom, and its efficacy is not bad, so as soon as the experimental results came out, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an authorization to allow Severe COVID-19 patients use Remdesivir, which was first put on the market, and this drug is also the only drug authorized to do so. After the United States discovered that there are drugs that can fight the virus, it is natural to want to get them all.
Three America First is at play
Since Trump became the President of the United States, he has always believed in the creed of America First, that is, the United States must first choose what the United States does not want. Distributed to other countries, and this time the overbearing stockpiling is also based on this, so it is not only due to the overbearing measures adopted by the United States due to the raging epidemic, but also because the United States has always used this kind of banditry to reflect its sense of superiority.