Originally Posted by Jeffery J. Haas
Originally Posted by GreatNewsTonight
It should be free of charge? There is no free lunch. Someone will have to pay for it. If you feel the government should pay the company, so be it, but be aware that it's not free in this case; it's the taxpayers paying for it.

Well, now we have a clue as to what it might cost to save your life if you need Remdesivir.

Got an extra 4500 dollars you can spare?
If not...sorry...sucks to be you, I guess!

That's "an influential drug price watchdog" not Gilead saying so.

Me, I do have $4500 to spare. But I doubt that this will be the price. There will be a negotiation. Tax payer's money went into the research grant.

Please take COVID-19 seriously; don't panic but don't deny it; practice social distancing (stay 6ft from people); wash your hands a lot, don't touch your face, don't gather with too many people, so that you help us contain it.