Posted by Tina
The compound, ZMapp, that saved the first American EBOLA patient is made from a special tobacco plant grown in Kentucky. BioProcessing, the company that makes the compound is setting all other projects aside to concentrate on production of ZMapp. Kentucky.com quotes David Howard, spokesman for the company:
“All of our focus is solely on ZMapp production,” Howard said Tuesday.
Kentucky BioProcessing reconfigured its production plans in early August, he said, and it now has more of the ZMapp compound grown for Mapp Biopharmaceutical.
“We’re hoping our efforts can help expedite the drug approval process,” Howard said.
Once again it is apparent that private sector innovation and production will be key in solving this problem. Yet another reason to make sure that government policy doesn’t blunt and discourage the American people and the businesses that hire them.
How ironic, if the liberals had their way the tobacco companies would be long gone. Wouldn’t be any research using tobacco plants and the fields that once grew tobacco would be growing pot.
Do you suppose the same activists that demand we “save” the rain forest because there may be the cure for cancer just waiting to be discovered will start a “save the tobacco” campaign?
Activism = Alarmism = Radicalism = Disaster.
The turtle wins the race. The ant is wiser than the grasshopper. The elephant trumps the donkey!
You are such children. There has been no, could be no, effort to eradicate the tobacco industry, but they will pay to clean up the mess they make … that is, pay taxes … and if this pressure moves production into less toxic areas, that’s a good thing too.
You are such frightened children.
Once again Libby, we’re only reporting a news story, nobody is frightened and we’re not children. Children tend to operate on emotion absent logic and that is a cornerstone of liberalism.
Jack: “Children tend to operate on emotion absent logic and that is a cornerstone of liberalism.”
As I’ve said before, this is terribly reductive. Conservatives make emotional arguments all the time. Pro-life activists show pictures of aborted fetuses to appeal to empathy and pity. Climate change deniers tap into our nation’s well-established fear and distrust of intellectuals and scientists. Gay marriage opponents literally can’t offer a single logical justification for their opposition. Conservatives also tend to be more religious, which is entirely based emotional rather than logical thinking (not that there’s anything wrong with being religious).
Of course, for each of these there is an equal and opposite liberal emotional appeal. Pro-choicers argue for more empathy for the pregnant woman, rather than the fetus; those concerned with climate change use images of stranded polar bears; and gay marriage advocates sometimes say dumb things like “everyone should be able to marry the person they love,” which we all know isn’t literally true if we break it down logically.
But neither party has a monopoly on using emotion to sway people.
Chris I was just poking Libby for what she said about me, not to be taken literally by anyone else. I know neither party is guilt free.