1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:16,520 I don't know if you've noticed this lately, but I've seen all of these. 2 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:21,840 Oh, Rite Aid, CVS, Walgreens, going out of business. 3 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:26,040 And last week, a bunch of those employees at those places walked off the job in addition 4 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:27,040 to that. 5 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,200 But you know, here a few years ago, every place you looked, they're building a new pharmacy 6 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:32,000 on every street corner in any city of any size in America. 7 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,960 Now those are going away. 8 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:36,480 How do you get your prescriptions filled if those aren't there? 9 00:00:36,480 --> 00:00:40,920 Joining me to discuss this Dr. Peter McCullough, he's the chief scientific officer at the 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:42,720 Wellness Company. 11 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:44,600 We'll have more on this in a minute. 12 00:00:44,600 --> 00:00:47,120 Dr., thank you for being here. 13 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:48,120 Thank you. 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:49,120 All right. 15 00:00:49,120 --> 00:00:51,720 So these major pharmacies shut down by this walkout. 16 00:00:51,720 --> 00:00:56,100 But what I'm seeing where I am, are all these pharmacies closing. 17 00:00:56,100 --> 00:00:58,280 Some people call it Farmageddon. 18 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:01,040 It's cute and all, but it's not cute when you can't get prescriptions. 19 00:01:01,040 --> 00:01:03,200 What's what's happening? 20 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,000 This may be occurring because a recent announcement from the federal authorities that there's 21 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:14,800 going to be a real crackdown, in fact, elimination of over the counter offerings, various forms 22 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:19,560 of mucolytics, antihistamines, decongestants. 23 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:23,600 And with that, I think the pharmacies are worried they may not have the product offerings 24 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,440 to have people, you know, really come in for that street traffic. 25 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:31,160 The consequence of this is that it's going to be tougher to get prescription drugs felt. 26 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:33,440 No, wait a second. 27 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,760 That list of drugs, antihistamines and so forth, are not going to be over the counter 28 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:38,760 anymore? 29 00:01:38,760 --> 00:01:39,760 They're going to be prescription? 30 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:40,760 I'm confused. 31 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:45,100 Well, what the Federal Trade Commission has said is that, you know, they don't have enough 32 00:01:45,100 --> 00:01:50,440 evidence to be, you know, to be marketed over the counter. 33 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:56,100 And my view on that is that really the purpose of the Federal Trade Commission, FDA, is really 34 00:01:56,100 --> 00:01:57,100 on safety. 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,860 If a lot of products are unsafe, get it off the market. 36 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:01,980 Like COVID-19 vaccines, they're not safe. 37 00:02:01,980 --> 00:02:03,740 They should be pulled off the market. 38 00:02:03,740 --> 00:02:10,420 But, you know, standard medications like Benadryl and, you know, all the other Claritin and 39 00:02:10,420 --> 00:02:14,020 all the other usual drugs that, you know, are available over the counter, if they help 40 00:02:14,020 --> 00:02:17,340 people through the illness, I don't think that the federal authority should have any 41 00:02:17,340 --> 00:02:20,860 say in what a company can market and what they can't. 42 00:02:20,860 --> 00:02:21,860 I would agree with you on that. 43 00:02:21,860 --> 00:02:26,220 I mean, some of these things, Benadryl, for example, it's been a staple on the shelves 44 00:02:26,340 --> 00:02:31,540 of, you know, not just pharmacies, but supermarkets and their health and beauty area. 45 00:02:31,540 --> 00:02:34,020 These are just things that are on the counter and they're going to take those away. 46 00:02:34,020 --> 00:02:36,340 It sounds to me like more control from the government. 47 00:02:36,340 --> 00:02:38,540 Or am I being too cynical? 48 00:02:38,540 --> 00:02:39,540 Right. 49 00:02:39,540 --> 00:02:40,540 We're concerned. 50 00:02:40,540 --> 00:02:45,340 We've heard similar announcements across Canada, Australia, New Zealand. 51 00:02:45,340 --> 00:02:51,500 And this is in a new wave of authoritarian actions by public health agencies as well 52 00:02:51,500 --> 00:02:53,900 as the regulatory agencies. 53 00:02:54,580 --> 00:02:55,580 People are very concerned through the pandemic. 54 00:02:55,580 --> 00:02:58,700 It was clear it was a vaccine only strategy. 55 00:02:58,700 --> 00:03:03,100 There was just simply no pharmaceuticals that were featured to help people get through 56 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:04,100 the pandemic. 57 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:08,820 Now we're told there's going to be another pandemic by multiple different figures in 58 00:03:08,820 --> 00:03:11,820 this biopharmaceutical complex and people are scrambling. 59 00:03:11,820 --> 00:03:12,820 Yeah. 60 00:03:12,820 --> 00:03:17,460 And it means that people are going to be left without what they need, just even basic things. 61 00:03:17,460 --> 00:03:19,660 Let me talk about the supply chain for you. 62 00:03:19,660 --> 00:03:24,220 You mentioned the pandemic and the supply chain was exposed during the pandemic. 63 00:03:24,220 --> 00:03:27,700 And one of the things people don't realize, I read this book, China Rx, a number of years 64 00:03:27,700 --> 00:03:33,340 ago now, how many of our pharmaceuticals, the vast majority of American drugs prescribed 65 00:03:33,340 --> 00:03:40,980 by doctors in this country, go back to China for base elements and compounds in those prescriptions? 66 00:03:40,980 --> 00:03:44,140 If China just says, hey, you know what, we're not going to send you that anymore. 67 00:03:44,140 --> 00:03:45,860 Man, we're out. 68 00:03:45,860 --> 00:03:48,260 How do you deal with that? 69 00:03:48,260 --> 00:03:49,260 It's true. 70 00:03:49,460 --> 00:03:53,100 Hospitals have had drug shortage after drug shortage. 71 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:58,260 And you know, the perpetrators are actually what's called GPOs, a group purchasing organizations. 72 00:03:58,260 --> 00:04:03,580 They're the ones that have a legalopoly and they have a control over the supply chain. 73 00:04:03,580 --> 00:04:07,980 So they basically can force small suppliers out of the market. 74 00:04:07,980 --> 00:04:10,340 Many times China steps in. 75 00:04:10,340 --> 00:04:13,980 Our drug supply is not secure at all. 76 00:04:13,980 --> 00:04:18,920 And I think our authorities, instead of restricting choices to Americans, ought to be working 77 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,480 on securing our drug supply. 78 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:22,480 No, I agree with that. 79 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:25,520 I mean, it's going to leave people in a tight position. 80 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:33,000 So and so whether it's a supply chain issue to China or look, we've got wars in Ukraine, 81 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,460 wars in Israel now, other things that disrupt the global movement of goods and services. 82 00:04:38,460 --> 00:04:39,460 How concerned are you about that? 83 00:04:39,460 --> 00:04:43,200 That it could interfere with people's ability to get prescription medications or other things 84 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:44,200 they need? 85 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:52,080 Well, instability worldwide can clearly put restrictions on travel, restrictions on major 86 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:53,080 trade routes. 87 00:04:53,080 --> 00:05:00,080 So for instance, Suez Canal comes into play and all the shipping that goes by sea and 88 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:05,480 all the more reason that if we had domestic supply of critical biopharmaceuticals, we'd 89 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:06,480 be much better off. 90 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:07,880 Yeah. 91 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:10,840 And one of the things I know the wellness company does, we've talked about it here for 92 00:05:10,840 --> 00:05:12,360 the last few weeks. 93 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:18,760 You guys put together this emergency kit that has a host of important medications and treatments 94 00:05:18,760 --> 00:05:22,200 in case you can't get to the pharmacy or you just want to be prepared in advance. 95 00:05:22,200 --> 00:05:25,800 Tell me about this kit from the wellness company. 96 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:32,040 Well, this company put forward this idea that patients do have enough sophistication that 97 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:37,000 they can treat themselves after a doctor's consultation, be ready for basic problems 98 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:43,400 like an infectious gastroenteritis with food poisoning or an upper respiratory tract, 99 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,440 an incipient community acquired pneumonia. 100 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:52,440 You know, the next version of SARS-CoV-2 or a pandemic illness to have some basic supplies. 101 00:05:52,440 --> 00:05:58,440 What we learned through the pandemic is those who are hospitalized or died, they died because 102 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:03,000 they had nothing at home to actually start treatment and they were told to stay at home. 103 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:09,240 So the wellness company emergency kit really provides that backstop that can help people 104 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,160 get through the next threat that comes along. 105 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:13,320 It's definitely peace of mind. 106 00:06:13,320 --> 00:06:16,440 By the way, TWC.health slash Gruber. 107 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:18,120 You can find out more about that health kit. 108 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,880 TWC.health slash Gruber. 109 00:06:19,880 --> 00:06:22,120 The promo code Gruber saves 10% more. 110 00:06:22,120 --> 00:06:24,760 Real quickly, we've got about 30 seconds, doctor. 111 00:06:24,760 --> 00:06:28,280 We were just talking about Veterans Day with my previous guest, but the TWC supports 112 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:30,840 Warrior Wellness Initiative. 113 00:06:30,840 --> 00:06:31,480 What is that? 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