Biden Forges New COVID Proposal With a Corporate Donor, Get Less Curiosity From Press Than DeSantis – Opinion

The AP, Reuters and other media outlets have been curiously silent about this expensive deal. 

For the COVID press, December was a challenging and chaotic month. The Omicron variant, Joe Biden’s fumbling, and the dwindling effectiveness of vaccines has led to narratives shifting almost daily. Things that were taboo months ago are suddenly no longer taboo, such as Chris Hayes echoing comparisons to the fluThey are also being promoted proudly by journosSo that contradictions are not overlooked.

The same reason why the silence of the press regarding a related matter exposes the sham. Biden declared that he was taking on COVID. Biden stated that he was making significant investments to meet the growing demand for COVID testing, which is good news.

To meet the demand, today I pledged $137million to increase COVID-19 production at-home testing using our military authority. https://t.co/eNmA4CCkkR

— President Biden (@POTUS) December 30, 2021

You can feel that there is something wrong. Although this is the type of announcement the media should be celebrating, beyond reporting the announcement itself, there has been very little reaction from the press. These same people have tried to convince us about how great inflation is for our country. You would expect that Biden would make this awe-inspiring move to get the media all excited. Instead, They seem to be very uninterested.

Reuters talked to an official source about what the meaning of this in the linked article.

“It’s probably the most constrained piece of technology in expanding capacity, in making more of these over-the-counter or point-of-care tests,” the official said. “This amount they’re going to produce is roughly equivalent to another billion over-the-counter tests being able to be made,” he added.

Sounds fantastic. But why is the media not trying to sell the public on Biden’s brilliance at saving the populace with this move, as is their natural inclination when covering his moves? This detail is probably why. (Emphasis added.)

It will give the company more money Over three yearsTo Build a brand new facility In Sheboygan (Wisconsin), nitrocellulose membranes are made. This paper displays test results.  

So…this will do nothing to help with the shortages of tests, and will not even lead to alleviating the stress and strains on medical systems for some time. The media silence is not the only curiosity. Where are the questions about? the money flowing to a drug makerWhat about the political power behind this? Just a few short months ago, we were warned that this was serious.

Recall, The Associated Press sent a warning to the entire worldAt the request of a large donor, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had been pushing Regeneron COVID. Citadel, an investment company, is said to own a share in the drug-producing company. The governor was urging people infected by the virus to get treatment. The connections made by AP were absurdly inept.

Citadel had a very small holding of Regeron in a fund. It was not enough to rank among the 100 most valuable investments it holds. Further, the treatment was being made available to people at no charge, and the dosages had already been purchased by the federal government the year prior – there was no viable profit motive to be found. 

Now consider that Citadel’s stake in Regeneron It was just $16 million. Biden is not involved in a downstream profit push as a result of promoting a product – he is sending cash DirectTo one company. Is it not reasonable to inquire about motives at this point? Consider Merck. Joe Biden received significant support from him.Donald Trump received significantly less money last year than Citadel did in 2016. Is there no curiosity from the Associated Press over a campaign donor receiving nine times the amount that Citadel had invested in Regeneron – in a direct form of payment?

It isn’t to say that announced funding doesn’t have a legal basis to fund medical care to help with the pandemic. The Merck-Biden-DeSantis-Citadel connection is a good example of the precedent that the media will set in question government policies. 

This is why the media has been so slow to react. People will be skeptical if they extol the benefits of the three-year investment plan. thenSome may wonder how someone like Biden is getting money now. You can just forget about the whole story and move on to the holidays.