Thom Hartmann: We could be witnessing a new global plague - are we ready?

Dr. Anthony Fauci, National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, NIH, joins Thom Hartmann. According to public health officials - a new virus spreading though the Middle East and Europe is a "threat to the entire world" What should you know about the disease some are calling the "new SARs?" When private interests are unwilling or unable to work in the interests of the public - shouldn't the government step in and define the commons, especially when it comes to issues of health? Doesn't this show why we need a national healthcare system to fund necessary medical research? Private corporations are only interested in producing profitable drugs - like Cialis - not drugs that actually can save lives..

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