It sure looks like science is losing out to big money...
Why is hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), one of the most prescribed drugs in history, now suddenly labelled as a lethal threat? And yet barely-tested compounds, like Modernas vaccine, are quickly and loudly championed?
Its getting harder and harder to see the inconsistency/hypocrisy as anything but a highly political show in which science is losing out to big money.
Perhaps nothing makes this point more than Moderna and its blockbuster announcement Monday that its vaccine generated sufficient antibodies to give recipients immunity to covid-19.
The stock soared as a result and then the company immediately announced a new funding round.
And now, suddenly experts are saying Moderna hasnt provided data critical to verifying its claims.
Wait could Mondays news have been a pump-and-dump con?
And then we find out that the White Houses new vaccine czar, Dr Moncef Slaoui, who sat on Modernas board up until just a few days ago, is dumping his 156,000 stock options in the company at a sweet price.
Is Moderna being touted because it truly shows more promise than cheap widely-available HCQ? Or because those running the show stand to profit from it? We dont know for sure, but it sure stinks like its the latter.