Theoretically, in situations like a Pandemic, the central authority [government] would utlilze its command position to rally the industries or sectors of society to provide its expertise to alleviate suffering without expectation of receiving monetary compensation.

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The Corona Virus continues to ravage the populations within the global community, making the  rush to find a cure more urgent and never more rife with those who would place profiteering and scamming for a paycheck ahead of curing people afflicted with this terrible disease.