lou: joining us tonight, rosemary gibson.xposing the risk of america's dependence on china for medicine. the dependency is extraordinary. what are we going to do about it? most people don't realize 80% of medicine production and medical supplies is in china's hands. what can we do? >> we can't make penicillin anymore in the united states. we can't make it generic antibiotics parents give to their kids for ear infections or pneumonia. we need to bring some of that manufacturing back home to the united states so in the event of another coronavirus or something worse, we are prepared and have the medicines we need. lou: we don't have time to change our suppliers of those ingredients and antibiotics. the ingredients and the antibiotics themselves. 97% come from china as you well know. what are we to do in the midst of this crisis in which china is in the midst of hah raging outbreak, a pandemic. >> that's right. production is being shut down for many industries. transportation and logistics is being snarled. china has been keepin

let me introduce you to rosemary gibson from the hastings center.he is the author of china rx, exposing the risk of america's dependence on china for medication oh, doesn't that title say it all? now, gibson, she started tweeting me but her book, published in 2018. she explains the medicines people rely on for all sorts of ill innocenc illnesses are now made just in china. the chemical components are often sourced from china she is plenty worried. she's got me worried, too. so what happens to the pharmaceutical industry when the largest kwaquarantine grinds th economy to a halt? this is so important i actually brought it up this morning, my old friend larry kudlow. we interviewed him on tv on squawk on the street i told him he had to go tell the president. and larry said he would do it right after we spoke to him. who is thinking about what might happen if we run out of pills? now, i think that's more than likely, given that we outsource more than 80% of our medications to china either directly or for critical ingredients. who is ready for pill rati