The US Gov does do this in the case of vaccines because they use 900,000 eggs a day to produce vaccines, that if there wasn't the Gov buying the vaccines, there

The US Gov does do this in the case of vaccines because they use 900,000 eggs a day to produce vaccines, that if there wasn't the Gov buying the vaccines, there wouldn't be any production or stock when it was needed. Good article on it: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815307821/planet-money-why-the-market-for-emergency-vaccines-is-like-no-other https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815307821/planet-money-why-th... https://www.phe.gov/about/barda/Pages/default.aspx https://www.phe.gov/about/barda/Pages/default.aspx