(03-14-2020, 02:59 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Trump has taken a coronavirus test after another Mar a Lago guest tested positive

(03-14-2020, 02:59 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: Trump has taken a coronavirus test after another Mar a Lago guest tested positive

(03-14-2020, 07:12 PM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: Why is Trump getting tested when he doesn’t meet the screening criteria to be tested?

(03-14-2020, 10:56 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I’m sure he’ll defer to Tony on this one too

(03-15-2020, 01:12 AM)oncemoreuntothejimbreech Wrote: They can’t even get their story straight about Trump getting tested. First he’s going to get tested. Then he isn’t going to get tested. His doctor says he doesn’t need testing (which is true according to the latest CDC recommendations). Then they announce his test was negative all in a span from Friday to Saturday.

It’s comforting to know the wealthy or powerful can get a test when they don’t need one while regular Americans have a much more difficult time getting tested.

Quote:Trump 'offers large sums' for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine
German government tries to fight off aggressive takeover bid by US, say reports




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[url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/mar/15/trump-offers-large-sums-for-exclusive-access-to-coronavirus-vaccine#img-1] A researcher at the German biopharmaceutical company CureVac demonstrates work on a vaccine for the coronavirus at its laboratory in Tübingen. Photograph: Andreas Gebert/Reuters
The Trump administration has offered a German medical company “large sums of money” for exclusive access to a Covid-19 vaccine, German media have reported.


The German government is trying to fight off what it sees as an aggressive takeover bid by the US, the broadsheet Die Welt reports, citing German government circles.

The US president had offered the Tübingen-based biopharmaceutical company CureVac “large sums of money” to gain exclusive access to their work, wrote Die Welt.


According to an anonymous source quoted in the newspaper, Trump was doing everything to secure a vaccine against the coronavirus for the US, “but for the US only”.


The German government was reportedly offering its own financial incentives for the vaccine to stay in the country.


The German health minister Jens Spahn said that a takeover of the CureVac company by the Trump administration was “off the table”. CureVac would only develop vaccine “for the whole world”, Spahn said, “not for individual countries”.


Earlier, when approached about the report by the Guardian, the German health ministry would only confirm the accuracy of the quotes attributed to one of its spokespersons in the article.


“The federal government is very interested in vaccines and antiviral agents against the novel coronavirus being developed in Germany and Europe,” the spokesperson quoted in the original article had said. “In this regard the government is in an intensive exchange with the company CureVac.”


The German health ministry spokesperson declined the opportunity to correct any inaccuracies in Die Welt’s account.


With its headquarters in the south-western German city of Tübingen, CureVac also has sites in Frankfurt and Boston in the US. Linked with the German health ministry, it works closely with the Paul Ehrlich Institute, a research institution and medical regulatory body that is subordinate to the German health ministry.

On 11 March, CureVac released a statement that its CEO, the US citizen Daniel Menichella, was unexpectedly leaving the firm and would be replaced by the company’s founder, Ingmar Hoerr.

At the start of the month, Menichella was invited to the White House in Washington to discuss strategy for the rapid development and production of a coronavirus vaccine with Trump, the vice-president, Mike Pence, and members of the White House coronavirus task force.


The White House has been contacted for comment.

(03-15-2020, 04:48 PM)jason Wrote: Mike DeWine just ordered Ohio's restaurants and bars closed effective at 9 pm this evening...

(03-15-2020, 05:20 PM)michaelsean Wrote: Clown.  The health and human services lady said it’s like light from a distant star. By the time we see it, it’s been traveling for weeks. So apparently her science education was quite focused on one subject.

(03-15-2020, 06:04 PM)Arturo Bandini Wrote: It's the only way to stop the contagion to spread like crazy.

French specialists have their worst scenario at 300 000 deaths, it's not an usual thing that is happening.

There is a deathly virus all around the world with no cure for it.

Stay safe people.

(03-15-2020, 10:01 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: And people still think it is a media driven hoax. Wonder where they are getting that silly little dumbass idea?

(03-15-2020, 10:01 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: And people still think it is a media driven hoax. Wonder where they are getting that silly little dumbass idea?

(03-15-2020, 10:45 PM)BengalHawk62 Wrote: The CDC recommends all parties over 50 people be canceled or postponed for the next 8 weeks.  

The governor of Iowa has just recommended all schools close for the next four weeks.

These are just the latest headlines I’ve read.  Pretty soon employers are going to follow suit. Just shut the nation down for 4 weeks.  Do you think employers are going to still pay their employees during this time?

(03-15-2020, 10:37 PM)jason Wrote: Thank God for local government officials acting swiftly and decisively.... But yeah; I can't believe that some still believe this is all going on to make him look bad. Billions of dollars will be lost, and it's all just a hoax. Personally I don't want Trump gone bad enough to wish this situation would happen.... And sadly this is probably only the tip of the iceberg.

(03-15-2020, 10:37 PM)jason Wrote: Thank God for local government officials acting swiftly and decisively.... But yeah; I can't believe that some still believe this is all going on to make him look bad. Billions of dollars will be lost, and it's all just a hoax. Personally I don't want Trump gone bad enough to wish this situation would happen.... And sadly this is probably only the tip of the iceberg.