author of virology. joseph, good to have you with us. talk us through where and parkston s today. is it the right move for the biden administration to end this emergency declaration? yeah, thank you so much for having me on. and bringing back up the topic of mpox. it s been more quiet for the last few weeks and months. we re definitely out of the emergency phase in the american context. but once, again our question needs to be who are we leading behind. we re down to only three or four cases a day, but we have pre-existing emergency in this country around access to hiv treatment, and prevention. only 65% of people living with hiv have sufficient care to suppress the violence. 13% of people living with hiv don t even know they have at, and these people are also less likely to have mpox vaccinations. and it s extremely dangerous for people living with untreated hiv. we have people in the hospital, in new york city right now with severe monkeypox infections, losing fingers, and at risk
so, what action do we need to continue from our federal and local officials to make sure they don t make repeated. joining me now to discuss this, is joseph of month some of the killer microbiology new york university, and author of biology. joseph, great to have you on mpox dance today, is it the right move for the biden administration to and the emergency declaration? yeah, thank you so much for having me on. i m bringing back up the topic of mpox. it s been more quiet for the last few weeks and months. we re definitely out of the emergency phase. in the american context. but once, again our question needs to be who are we leading behind we re down to only three or four cases a day, we have pre-existing emergency in this country around access to hiv treatment, and prevention. only 65% of people living with their tribes have sufficient care to suppress the violence. 30% of people living with hiv don t even know they have at,
to raise the price to more traditional vaccine pricing on a visa. hundred tim, which is a lot more that s in the started. so when the production costs suddenly be hiking? no. essentially, when the different states at the front damac is what the companies would argue. so when they sell to the government, over in this emergency phase in the entire world was needing vaccines to the degree that they were. they re providing them lower than they would sell that is the argument of the drug company would make anyway. what about the argument bernie sanders is making that, hey boys and girls, it was the u.s. government that helped fund developing these vaccines? you need to pay us back for it now, and then jack up the cost? i think that s a question that, actually, comes into play a lot of the time when you talk about developing medicines. the government supports a lot of the early development that goes into what ends up being
meg, explain what is going on because, this is gross. since the pandemic began, the government forces supported both the research and development into the vaccines, and of course, the advance purchase of all these different vaccines. and so we have a lot of vaccine left the government has bought, but as those run outs they have told they want to start transitioning into a more traditional commercial market. the company will start sound the vaccines to fake hospital systems and the way they sell all their vaccines. and they also say they re going to raise the price to more traditional vaccine pricing on a visa. hundred tim, which is a lot more that s in the started. so when the production costs suddenly be hiking? no. essentially, when the different states at the front damac is what the companies would argue. so when they sell to the government, over in this emergency phase in the entire world was needing vaccines to the degree that they were. they re providing them lower than t
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