| Hi Lloyd,
Your having dinner with the President. That’s impressive
what an opportunity. You are making a difference to get that
invitation your influences through your efforts are reaching
to the top of the establishment. I hope you get some one on
one time with him. I think they know the clock is ticking
and it’s going to be a really big health issue soon.
I’m sure you know the influence that the pharmaceutical
companies have on government policy through the FDA. Inherently
I have my doubts about what can be done with pharmaceutical
company mega dollars influencing the FDA. But the President
sets the agenda for the country and if he wants a policy change
he can get it done. Maybe the government with socialized medicine
looming in the future is looking for a more economical approach
to treatment of the disease. They may be realizing interferon’s
inability to stop viral replication and the treatment of its
long term debilitating side effects create an infinitely more
costly situation for them.
I think they will be looking at the dollars and cents of
the situation more than the impact on the health of the people
dealing with the virus. Maybe I’m jaded, I would hope
they want to do the right thing for the right reasons but
I think dollars and cents combined with the political bump
they can get from the effort will ultimately control the decisions
that they will make.
Were all rooting for you Lloyd you are the best hope a lot
of us have ever had, I personally don’t know what I
would have done without you and I can’t thing of anyone
else I would want to represent this matter to the President.
Good Luck
Bob
Lloyd's Photo of Bush @ Dinner
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