Cue the comments whining about them profiting from a life saving vaccine. Yes, that's kind of how it works. Are they supposed to only profit from ineffective vaccines?
This one has already been heavily subsidized both on the production and R&D side.
Also these companies have gotten a huge boost by fast tracking their RNA tech. If it hadn't been for covid it would have still been experimental years away from widespread deployment. And the R&D is well written off by now.
I think they owe society a lot more than we owe them.
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Cue the comments whining about them profiting from a life saving vaccine. Yes, that's kind of how it works. Are they supposed to only profit from ineffective vaccines?
This one has already been heavily subsidized both on the production and R&D side.
Also these companies have gotten a huge boost by fast tracking their RNA tech. If it hadn't been for covid it would have still been experimental years away from widespread deployment. And the R&D is well written off by now.
I think they owe society a lot more than we owe them.
If you take away the treasure, the next time there's a pandemic and we desperately need a vaccine they might not be so interested.