Stocks: Bird Flu

[2ez]

From what i gather -- the governm4nts will be in charge of stockpiling and selling supplies. That way they can adminster who gets it and who doesn't.

If it gets turned to the private sector (aside from pre-written contracts to produce them) -- prices would skyrocket like oil, and only the rich could afford them (assuming demand outstrips suply which it probably would).

So i doubt any one company could make billionws. If the government needs more -- they'll just hire more and more comapnies to produce it.

The issue is world wide though....so we are dealing with more than just the American Government.

 

[Razorguns]

The issue is world wide though....so we are dealing with more than just the American Government.

International stocks and stock markets aren't my thang. But look into it i suppose. A lot of these are governmnt to government deals (in order to bypass drug approval processes, etc.) -- so hard to fathom how it'll work in the private market. Once again, just turns into "speculation".

 

[BoardTracker]

The Government is thinking about taking it's intellectual property (Patent). You know how they came out with the Government being able to take your property/home.......well now they are considering the same against corporations for patents, if it will help society as a whole.

That is a very bad thing.
Brazil did that with the Aids cocktail. That is since people there can't pay for it. So the government violated the patent and produced it on its own.
While it sounds "humanly right" it negates the value of patents. And despite debates, there is a value to it.
If the US or any other country where patent laws are strictly followed it will be a very dangerous precedence.
Who is to say then what is the good of the people? Maybe if a private company violates commercial (lets say software) patents to produce a free utility, it will be considered the good of the people? Or maybe only governments can do that? So it will be ok for governments to start companies that all they do is make money by violating commercially viable patents?
Dangerous slope I'd say.

As for the stocks.. Roche stock is actually down in the last 2 weeks.
However, it might be just a result of the uncertainty around the situation. Time will tell..

The Government is thinking about taking it's intellectual property (Patent). You know how they came out with the Government being able to take your property/home.......well now they are considering the same against corporations for patents, if it will help society as a whole.

That is a very bad thing.
Brazil did that with the Aids cocktail. That is since people there can't pay for it. So the government violated the patent and produced it on its own.
While it sounds "humanly right" it negates the value of patents. And despite debates, there is a value to it.
If the US or any other country where patent laws are strictly followed it will be a very dangerous precedence.
Who is to say then what is the good of the people? Maybe if a private company violates commercial (lets say software) patents to produce a free utility, it will be considered the good of the people? Or maybe only governments can do that? So it will be ok for governments to start companies that all they do is make money by violating commercially viable patents?
Dangerous slope I'd say.

As for the stocks.. Roche stock is actually down in the last 2 weeks.
However, it might be just a result of the uncertainty around the situation. Time will tell..

 

[2ez]

Bump !

 

[2ez]

NVAX up 16% today.

 

[chewyxrage]

2ez you should really check out the success,wealth and entreaupeneur board. It's a member board that Bran started. Good stuff over there.


http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=80

 

[ziggyziggy]

Look, most of the deaths attributed to the influenza epidemic, almost a century ago, has been determined to have come from birds. However, most of those deaths were due to TB due to weakened immune systems from the flu. Invest in pharmaceutical comapanies that make antibiotics. They will be the ones in demand.

Zig

 

[2ez]

2ez you should really check out the success,wealth and entreaupeneur board. It's a member board that Bran started. Good stuff over there.


http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=80

This post should be moved. Thanks my friend !

 

[2ez]

Look, most of the deaths attributed to the influenza epidemic, almost a century ago, has been determined to have come from birds. However, most of those deaths were due to TB due to weakened immune systems from the flu. Invest in pharmaceutical comapanies that make antibiotics. They will be the ones in demand.

Zig

Seems like a vaccine would be more useful that antibiotics. What happens if an infection or occurrence is caught to late ?

 

[2ez]

NVAX up 16% today.

up Another 30% today...


still waiting for this to be moved to the Financial Forum.