The FDA Is Killing People, and Has Been for Years
Channel: Foundation for Economic Education
Date: 09/04/2020

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The US government has really dropped the ball on handling COVID-19. FDA regulations and red tape have hobbled the response to the virus and our ability to test, treat, and prevent its spread, leading to unnecessary infections and death. Unfortunately, this isn't a new phenomenon. History, and the movie Dallas Buyers Club, shows us how.
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CREDITS: 
Produced by Sean W. Malone
Written by Jennifer Maffessanti & Sean W. Malone
Edited by Paul Nelson & Sean W. Malone
Asst. Edited by Jason Reinhardt
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LINKS:

--Testing Failures--

https://apnews.com/c335958b1f8f6a37b19b421bc7759722
https://thedispatch.com/p/timeline-the-regulationsand-regulatorsthat
https://news.yahoo.com/seattle-lab-uncovered-washingtons-coronavirus-053628224.html
https://fee.org/articles/a-government-monopoly-led-to-botched-covid-19-test-kits-but-private-labs-are-now-saving-the-day/
https://techcrunch.com/2020/03/23/updated-fda-covid-19-testing-guidelines-specifically-disallows-at-home-sample-colllection/

--FDA and Other Restrictions and Regulations--

https://www.axios.com/fda-ventilator-production-859ef8d4-e251-49b0-b56e-845770e0adca.html
https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2017/10/16/the-cost-of-developing-drugs-is-insane-a-paper-that-argued-otherwise-was-insanely-bad/#27eeac52d459
https://www.denverpost.com/2016/08/28/what-is-marijuana-patent-6630507/
https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/press-releases/new-findings-confirm-predictions-physician-shortage
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/16/cdc-who-coronavirus-tests/
https://reason.com/2020/03/24/america-needs-billions-of-new-masks-to-combat-coronavirus-federal-regulators-say-itll-take-months-to-approve-new-mask-making-facilities/
https://reason.com/2011/05/16/raw-milk-raid-on-amish-farmer/
https://fee.org/articles/a-litany-of-useless-laws-have-been-exposed-by-the-coronavirus/
http://www.thetribunepapers.com/2020/03/15/north-carolina-temporarily-lifts-restrictions-on-hospital-beds/
https://fee.org/articles/the-fda-is-still-undermining-coronavirus-response-efforts/

--Entrepreneurship--

https://fee.org/articles/entrepreneurs-can-solve-our-biggest-challenges-if-government-gets-out-of-the-way/