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“The only real expertise in the world to make these vaccines in a quantity and a safety environment is in the private sector,” said Michael Osterholm, director
by RandomGuyDTB 7y ago
“The only real expertise in the world to make these vaccines in a quantity and a safety environment is in the private sector,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Policy. “If the private sector isn’t fully engaged and involved, it’s a show stopper.”
That doesn't sound very hard to me. Hire people who have the skills necessary, pay them a fair wage (lower probably than they'll make in a corporation, but they'll be working for the people rather than a robber-baron), and let them make vaccines. Aside from the cost, is it really that difficult to do this? We've spent much more on war.
- danw1979 7y agoI don't know why you got down voted for sharing what sounds like a perfectly reasonable idea...
- harryh 7y agoWe have several centuries of evidence that private industry is better at bringing innovative products to market than centralized governments.
- pazimzadeh 7y agoVaccines aren't that innovative, they just take a lot of trial and error.
- xenospn 7y agoA vaccine or a life-saving medical treatment is not a product in the traditional sense of the word. You can't comparison shop when you have 2 weeks to live.
- dragonwriter 7y agoIt is definitely a product. It's not a commodity, but lots of real products aren't, despite how the logic of the perfection of markets only works with commodities (in fact, the goal of everyone starting a business is to make their products non-commodities.)