The novel coronavirus, COVID-19, is moving around the world and inducing fear as well as economic turmoil. The pharmaceutical industry has taken notice and jumped into action, fast-tracking research and development to come up with a solution. This is the free market at its best. The industry did this on its own, and it isn’t just one company — they are all competing to come up with the solution.

Now comes what President Ronald Reagan called the “nine most terrifying words in the English language: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.”