PANDEMIC PROFITS: Who's making money from coronavirus?

Drugs companies, the makers of PPE, others who bet on stock market falls; and maybe eventual rises. Who’s in line to get rich from the pandemic - and will their profits come at the expense of others, or in some cases actually help?

Gerald Posner
Investigative journalist

Sam Pizzigati
Institute for Policy Studies

Martin Parker
Professor of Organisation Studies

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[Skynet]

Thank you, we definitely need to be talking about this. It is like a feudal system!!

[jaredbargel]

Ya know even though what they are saying is true, I am disturbed that the Brits are working on who gets elected in the USA. Britain does not have our problem, the problem being Hollywood and that there are a lot of US citizens who believe the Earth is 6, 000 years old, and flat... We are coming to a time where the Earth is so loused up that there will be no amount of money that will fix the problem. There are too many people, too many sick and weak people, and not enough resources to go around for people to have good medicine, good food ect... That is why most of the USA pop is obese, mentally ill, and not efficient. It is more human and logical to keep the population healthy by eliminating all the dregs, including the current banking system and credit system.

[williamdelong]

This wont stop. It's a new variant new drug. Keep the money rolling in.

[joeodonnell]

A soldier who excels in battle gets a pat on the back and a medal....whilst a scientist already earning ten times the soldiers wage wants millions for doing his duty

[christineescajeda]

There's a lot of money being made by this gig called Coronavirus
The Democrats swamp want to take a a two week vacation paid vacation