China hints at denying Americans life-saving coronavirus drugs

[8th ID]

https://www.foxnews.com/world/chinese-deny-americans-coronavirus-drugs
 

Now that the number of new people infected with the coronavirus in China is slowing down, the country's Communist Party is ratcheting up threats against the West, with a particularly nasty warning about access to life-saving drugs aimed at the United States.

In an article in Xinhua, the state-run media agency that's largely considered the mouthpiece of the party, Beijing bragged about its handling of COVID-19, a virus that originated in the city of Wuhan and has spread quickly around the world, killing nearly 5,000 people and infecting thousands more. The article also claimed that China could impose pharmaceutical export controls which would plunge America into "the mighty sea of coronavirus."

 

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The disturbing threats made during a global pandemic as well as the scary consequences if that threat becomes real highlight just how tight China's grip is on the global supply chain. Already, the Food and Drug Administration has announced the first drug shortage related to the coronavirus. Though it did not disclose which drug was in short supply, the FDA did say it could not access enough raw components needed because they are made in China.

That doesn't come as a surprise to Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, who told Fox News on Thursday that America is "dangerously reliant" on China for the production of critical goods, including parts for technologies needed to fight COVID-19.

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Though the United States is a global leader in research, much of the manufacturing of life-saving drugs has moved overseas. The last American manufacturing plant to make a key component in penicillin shuttered in 2004. Since then, Chinese pharmaceuticals companies have moved in and taken over, supplying between 80 percent and 90 percent of U.S. antibiotics, 70 percent of acetaminophen and about 40 percent of heparin, according to Yanzhong Huang, a senior fellow for global health at the Council on Foreign Relations.

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If China makes good on its threat to cut off the United States, Rubio believes the results could be crippling.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases worldwide on Thursday went up to 124,518, up from 118,162 cases the day before. In China, there are 80,980 confirmed cases. Italy saw a 22.7 percent jump to 12,462 from 10,149. Iran is hovering close to a 12 percent increase while cases in Qatar jumped 991 percent to 262 cases from 24. In the United States, there are more than 1,300 confirmed cases spread across 44 states and the District of Columbia.

 

People wearing protective face masks wait in a queue to get temperature check before entering a bank in Beijing, Wednesday, March 11, 2020. For most, the coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. But for a few, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illnesses, including pneumonia.  (AP)

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As the rest of the world scrambles to contain the virus and protect its citizens, China has been busy casting itself in the role of global hero going so far as to demand a thank you for containing the virus as long as it did.

"We should say righteously that the U.S. owes China an apology, the world owes China a thank you," an editorial in Xinhua read.
Rubio said Beijing's comments should concern all Americans and that China is keenly aware that in a moment of crisis "they can threaten to cut us off from our pharmaceutical supplies, they could trigger a domestic problem here that would make it difficult or us to confront them."

"It's a tremendous amount of leverage," Rubio said.

 

This is a problem..why in the hell are we allowing our pharmaceuticals to be manufactured in China of all places.China can kiss my @$$!

 

[Synopsis]

12 minutes ago, 8th ID said:

This is a problem..why in the hell are we allowing our pharmaceuticals to be manufactured in China of all places.China can kiss my @$$!

 

!!!8th ID!!!

 

Test BioWeapon ALL THEE "way" (from China)!!!

 

      

 

THEE Chinese are saying, "You do NOT play by OUR rules, WE"LL just KILL YOU with OUR Bioweapons. YOUR lives ARE dependent on WE THEE CHINESE. NO do what WE say, NO vaccines OR treatment medications."!!!

 

I suspect The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump IS ALL OVER THIS WHILE NOT IN THE NEWS. I am Thankful The True The United States Of America Patriot Vice President Michael R Pence is assigned to THIS issue whereas I believe a military readiness AND response IS BEING FORMULATED BY The True The United States Of America Patriot President Donald J Trump AND OTHER True The United States Of America Patriots.

 

YOU The MAN, 8th ID, SIR!!!

[Theseus]

  On 3/13/2020 at 10:31 AM, 8th ID said:

This is a problem..why in the hell are we allowing our pharmaceuticals to be manufactured in China of all places.China can kiss my @$$!

Because most of the world wants cheap throw-away products in the current give-me-now culture. We can see evidence all around us. Long gone are the days in which a product would last almost forever. For example when was the last time someone ever fixed a vacuum cleaner due to an electrical problem. Nah, they just put it out on the curb and bought another off a Amazon for a two day delivery or went down to their Walmart-like store and picked up another. One reason it was cheaper to buy new than repair old. The China-dependency in America is basically our own making. We chose to elect politicians who created incentives to move jobs abroad or bring people from aboard here all in favor of a service economy which replaced a manufacturing economy . CEOs lambast America's workforce by saying foreign people are smarter and more experienced, yet have given up on training and educating America's workforce. C-levels have all but given up on the workforce resource they have at hand in lieu of getting cheaper, dumber and less costly human resources to increase their bottom line. This is a disaster America has courted and wed and when a catastrophe like COVD-19 comes about it is not  the originator but rather the exacerbator to the problem that already exists. You say China can kiss your plump derriere, however, the current problem is more like spread your legs and kiss your own because as long as we keep electing repubes, libtards and demonrats that outsource and cultivate a culture like we have today, we are our own demise. China only exploited a situation America created.

Edited March 14, 2020 by Theseus

[8th ID]

@Synopsis   you are right on!

 

@Theseus, you are spot on as well sir. We have allowed this travesty to happen. However, the sleeping giant is awake again! Now is time to start kicking @$$, both abroad and in this country as well. I am fed up with those trying to destroy my beloved country!

[nstoolman1]

I don't know about anyone else but my wife is not allowed to buy anything new until her Toolman has a chance to fix it. 

If it is not fixable it get disassembled and assimilated to the parts pile for future use in some project. 

We just got rid of a electric couch and the motor/gear assembly found it way to a electric lawn mower/ snow blower table.

No more hands and knees repairs for me. 

[Synopsis]

35 minutes ago, 8th ID said:

@Synopsis   you are right on!

 

@Theseus, you are spot on as well sir. We have allowed this travesty to happen. However, the sleeping giant is awake again! Now is time to start kicking @$$, both abroad and in this country as well. I am fed up with those trying to destroy my beloved country!

 

!!!8th ID!!!

 

Thank You, SIR!!!

[jaybake]

The Chinese are talking out of their you know what. lol,  Our companies can always move our companies to many other countries.  It would be crippling effect for their economy.  American people help built their country, and now they are thinking that they don't need us.  Boulogne. Once we move our supply chains, they would be done. lol.