Cdiddy.... is it possible to email NP and tell him to help clarify some of these confusing points?? I think you had contacted him before and have some what of a relationship with him..... wouldn't it better and easier to reach out and ask him for a few min of explanation? Don't intend to be disrespectful to him but it seems like so many are not clear and as the last post stated some people might misinterpret the comments and blow it into something bigger and cause another short attack..
clarify what he meant by deaths and perhaps shed some light on the topic of distribution vs sales and manufacturing..