The Bureau of Prisons Just Bought a Ton of Hydroxychloroquine, Trump's COVID-19 Miracle Drug

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

A debate may be raging inside the White House about the efficacy of an anti-malaria drug to treat the novel coronavirus, but the Trump administration isn’t waiting for a resolution. Two federal agencies have already placed purchase orders for the drug.

The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Justice Department’s Bureau of Prisons have both reported purchases of hydroxychloroquine since March 26, according to federal procurement records.

The Department of Veterans Affairs purchased $40,000 in hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from the pharmaceutical company McKesson, and another $168,000 from the Colorado-based generic drug distributor Golden State Medical Supply. Procurement records for both list them as “emergency” purchase orders to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

The Bureau of Prisons’ purchase order does not mention the coronavirus. But the $60,000 purchase of hydroxychloroquine sulfate tablets from the company Premium Rx National came on March 31—in the midst of a worsening outbreak at the federal correctional facilities that the bureau oversees and days before President Trump announced that he was stockpiling millions of pills of the drug. It appears to be the first time that the BOP has purchased the drug.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-bureau-of-prisons-just-bought-a-ton-of-hydroxychloroquine-trumps-covid-19-miracle-drug/ar-BB12f10e?li=BBnb7Kz

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Are they going to be experimenting on prisoners?

[enough]

3. And make a profit doing it. NT

[Grasswire2]

4. sounds like it nt

[The Magistrate]

7. In Essence, Ma'am, Yes

It will doubtless be called something else, but that is what it will amount to.

There will be people blinded, and people dead, because of it. Few will mind about the convicts, but the veterans will be noticed and complained of.

[malaise]

10. Yep

More crimes against humanity

[Elwood P Dowd]

12. Just like the govt did with LSD decades ago. (nt)

[Glimmer of Hope]

16. Crap.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. Wanna bet the pig ordered them buy it, even though it may not work...

[iemitsu]

5. Prisoners going to be used as Guinea Pigs?

[Totally Tunsie]

11. Is that even legal?

[Ilsa]

15. That's what it looks like to me. nt

[Iliyah]

6. guinea pigs . .

large group are minorities.

[Deep State Gnostic]

8. We're living in crazy times. Madness, actually. n/t

[Doodley]

9. Seems completely ethical (by Trump's psychopathic standards).

[Texaswitchy]

13. Nursing homes will be next.

Just think.of the profit.

[Rstrstx]

17. Done

https://www.texastribune.org/2020/04/06/texas-city-coronavirus-patients-get-unproven-hydroxychloroquine-drug/

[Texaswitchy]

18. Damn

What s fucking monster.

[bdamomma]

14. This drug

has not been approved has it? tRump is profiteering off this drug, and it could have side effects for people such as cardiac issues.

He's no fucking Dr., just a con who is killing Americans over 12,000 dead now.

[AmericanCanuck]

20. There really is no profit to be made

the drug sells of 3 cents per pill in the third world and about 32 cents per pill in the first world.

[bdamomma]

22. thanks for the info

so why is he pushing it?

Welcome to DU.

[AmericanCanuck]

19. Hydroxychloroquine does not work against covid-19

Trump, Hannity, Giuliani and the quack Oz are spreading the false hope.

Besides, it is an extremely dangerous drug that can cause cardiac arrest even at therapeutic doses.

[Dem2]

21. It's not Trump's drug

It was being discussed before he heard about it, I was talking about it with people before I heard the moron talk about it. If it ends up working, it's all good. Obviously it's irresponsible of the ignoramus to be promoting an unproven drug, but I still hope it ends up helping people.