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Originally Posted by ALadysMom
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The only action to prevent hoarding that was taken according to the NY Times link you provided was that the manufacturers and distributers were being careful about double checking large orders of anti-flu meds.
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An even bigger concern could be hoarding on a larger scale, perhaps by distributors or hospitals that would buy more medicine than they need, in hopes of reselling it later for a much higher price if a shortage worsened
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There were no actions by the government. Additionally with excellent pre-planning the Federal government had in place prior to the epidemic enough doses of anti-viral to treat 50 million patients, as is explained in the NY Times article. So there was never a shortage of anti-viral meds under the Obama situation except very isolated ones in communities where people who did not need the medication were obtaining it in advance of illness just in case. This was rapidly fixed by the available medication in the pipeline.