DARKNESS.
HE ALSO REMEMBERS SEEING A MAN
LIKE HE WAS GLOWING WHITE.
HE RECALLED STABBING THE MAN
AND BITING HIM BEFORE WAKING UP
IN THE HOSPITAL.
RIGHT NOW, HARRIF IS ON
MEDICATION AND BEING TREATED
FOR SCHIZOPHRENIA AT THE MARTIN
COUNTY JAIL.
KARLI BARNETT, CBS4 NEWS.
STOMACH BACK TO THE CORONAVIRUS
AND SPECIFICALLY THE ROLE OF
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES IN
DEALING WITH THE CLICK.
TONIGHT, CONGRESS APPROVED
$8.3 BILLION TO THE VIRUS AND
A GOOD PORTION OF THAT MONEY
WILL GO TOWARDS DEVELOPMENT OF
A VACCINE, WHICH COULD BE AT
LEAST A YEAR AWAY.
JOINING US IS AUTHOR GERALD
POSNER.
HE IS THE AUTHOR OF AN UPCOMING
, PHARMA, GRIEF, LIGHT IN THE
POISONING OF AMERICA.
WELCOME, THANK YOU FOR COMING
TODAY.
YOUR BOOK ISN'T THAT KIND TO
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES.
LET YOU SAY THE PHARMACEUTICAL
INDUSTRY MIGHT ACTUALLY BE AN
OBSTACLE TO VACCINE
DEVELOPMENT.
EXPLAIN.
THEY ARE A SPEEDBUMP.
WHAT YOU JUST SENT A SECOND
AGO, $8 BILLION APPROVED TODAY.
THAT IS FANTASTIC.
THAT TAXPAYER MONEY IS GOING TO
GO TO RESEARCH.
WE ARE GOING TO GET A VACCINE
IN RECORD TIME.
THE BAD NEWS IS TIMINGS A YEAR
TO 15 MONTHS.
THE QUESTION BECOMES SOMEBODY
HAS TO MANUFACTURE 100 MILLION
DOSES.
THAT IS ONLY PHARMACEUTICAL
FIRMS THAT CAN DO IT.
WHEN IT COMES AROUND NEXT YEAR,
THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT
YOUR COST.
THE CAN'T MAKE A PROFIT ON IT.
THIS IS A WORLDWIDE EMERGENCY.
WE CAN SEE 300 MILLION CHILDREN
NOT GOING TO SCHOOL FROM PRE-K
DIE SCHOOL AROUND THE WORLD.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES HAVE
TO COME UP TO THE PLATE.
EXPERTS ARE PUTTING IN RESEARCH
MONEY.
WHEN THEY PRODUCE NEXT YEAR, I
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DO IT IN
YOUR COST.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE
IN THE BUSINESS OF MAKING AND
SELLING DRUGS TO MAKE A PROFIT.
IS THERE SOMETHING WITHOUT
QUESTIONING
NOT AT ALL.
THEY MAKE A VERY GOOD PROFIT ON
ALL THINGS.
I THINK THIS IS UNUSUAL.
THIS IS THE FIRST PANDEMIC
WE'VE HAD SINCE 2009 AND THIS
SEEMS WORSE TO ALL OF US
BECAUSE WE ARE GOING THROUGH IT
ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU GO ON TO INSTAGRAM OR
FACEBOOK TO SEE WHAT DIFFERENT
IS DOING AND WHERE THEY ARE
GOING TO DINNER AND GETTING
CORONAVIRUS NEWS.
THERE WAS FEAR THAT HAS SPREAD.
IN THIS LIKE IT IS AN UNUSUAL
SITUATION.
SOMETIMES WE ASK FOR
EXTRAORDINARY SACRIFICES AT THE
COUNTRY AND THIS TIME WE MIGHT
BE ASKING PHARMACEUTICAL
COMPANIES TO PUT ASIDE THE
PROFIT MOTIVE AND CONTRIBUTE
WHAT THE CAN ON MAKING SURE
THIS IS STOP AT SOME POINT
IS THERE A HISTORY OF THEM
DOING ANYTHING LIKE THAT COSMIC
UNFORTUNATELY, THE HISTORY
FOR THOSE WHO MIGHT REMEMBER IS
THE 70s WHERE THERE WAS A SWINE
FLU.
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES MADE
140 MILLION DOSES OF THE
VACCINE FOR SWINE FLU AND HELD
IT BACK UNTIL THEY WERE GIVEN A
REASONABLE PROFIT AND THEY WERE
ALSO GIVEN NO LIABILITY
CONCERNS.
I THINK THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LOT OF
PUBLIC PRESSURE ON THEM.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE THEM 12 TO
18 MONTHS COSMIC
IS HUMAN TESTING.
BETWEEN DOING FROM THE PETRI
DISH IN THE LABORATORY TO
ACTUALLY GIVING IT TO US AT CVS
AND WALGREENS, THEY TESTED ON A
GROUP OF PEOPLE.
THE BRAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE
TEST SUBJECTS TO FIND OUT IF IT
WORKS OR NOT OR HAS TERRIBLE
SIDE EFFECTS.
BEFORE THEY GIVE IT TO STREET
WAS, THERE IS A PERIOD IN WHICH
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT IS
EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE VIRUS AND
ALSO IT IS SAFE FOR US TO TAKE.
WITH THIS EXPEDITED PROCESS
IN THIS STATE OF EMERGENCY,
WHAT ARE THE CHANCES THAT THERE
COULD BE NEGATIVE AFFECT IF YOU
DO TAKE THE VACCINE?
THERE IS ALWAYS A
POSSIBILITY.
WHAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN A
COUPLE OF MONTHS, MAYBE BY
APRIL, ARE DRUGS TO TREAT
CORONAVIRUS, WHICH WE DON'T
HAVE NOW.
ANTIVIRAL DRUGS.
AT A VACCINE WHEN YOU GET AN
INFECTION AND CAN'T GET THE
VIRUS AT ALL.
THIS WILL BE THE CASE IF YOU DO
GET SICK, YOU TAKE THE
ANTIVIRAL DRUG AND IT WON'T BE
AS SERIOUS.
THAT WILL BE A BIG STEP
FORWARD.
WHAT WE WORRIED ABOUT?
JUST SICK BUT POSSIBLY DYING.
THERE WAS A SMALL RISK.
IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE
POSSIBILITY OF DYING AND YOU
JUST SAID YOU WERE GOING TO GET
SICK, TAKE THIS DRUG, THAT WILL