New Merck Covid Miracle Drug Held Back for Political Reasons

To be clear, Merck Created Ivermectin but no longer holds the Patent for it. You can purchase Ivermectin in a generic form for very cheap. Merck did a hit piece on Ivermectin because they couldn't make money off of it.
Merck received $1.2 Billion from the Gov to create a new anti-viral drug that they will now sell back to the gov. for $712. THat's 40X the cost to make which will net Merck over $7 Billion by the end of the Year. Are you starting to understand why Merck did a hit piece on Ivermectin? $0 for funding, $0 in profit VS $1.2 Billion for Funding and $7 Billion in Profit just this year.