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What exactly is wrong with allowing a company to profit from performing a literal miracle?
by aphextron 6y ago
What exactly is wrong with allowing a company to profit from performing a literal miracle?
- mssundaram 6y agoI don't think you'll ever see the answer to your question if that's how you're framing it
- systemvoltage 6y agoI think Gov should buy the vaccine and provide it for free. Private companies should rightfully charge a premium to the governments as they took: 1) Enormous risk 2) Expediency 3) Investment of talent 4) Demand is through the roof; all this even if the governments were involved in hedging the risk for spinning up manufacturing lines.
- handmodel 6y agoIn the US that is what is happening - no one is paying for the vaccine. It is intellectually vapid to get worked about the fact companies are making a $15 marginal unit profit on a vaccine that has 10x the utility of the average annual physical but costs 1/10th as much.
- systemvoltage 6y agoI wasn't aware it is free in the US. That's great.
- stjohnswarts 6y agoFor what it's worth both Trump and Biden stated as much regardless of who won the election.
- petre 6y agoIf it isn't free then it isn't effective because it would drastically reduce the number of recipients.
- throwaway201103 6y agoThe vaccine itself is free. Insurance or patient or Medicaid will be billed for an office visit to administer the injection.
- waiseristy 6y agoSafeway and others have already been getting ready to administer the vaccine at no-cost to the patient. This isn't really an issue
- stjohnswarts 6y agoNo one has a problem with it save maybe 1-5% who want a communist type economic system. At least in the USA. Someone is going to pay for it.
- morsch 6y agoA literal miracle that was performed three to five times in less than a year! Truly we live in wondrous times.