But the fact of the matter, the pandemic, was going to actually impact our homeland, our preparedness, that type of thing. So I held my first hearing in February with Scott Gottlieb and found out that We don't manufacture our drugs, not the precursor chemicals, not the active pharmaceutical ingredients. So that was a national security risk. Right there. But as Covid progressed, I think by May, we already had John Ioannidis talking about the analysis of the Princess Cruise, where to me, it definitely calmed me down about the pandemic. (04:38–04:44)
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