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I don't think it's a crazy idea, but the numbers here seem a bit hopeful. I don't think you're gonna get 100 people to pay $100 million for an earlier spot in t
by chadash 6y ago
I don't think it's a crazy idea, but the numbers here seem a bit hopeful. I don't think you're gonna get 100 people to pay $100 million for an earlier spot in the line. Or 1000 people to pay $10 million. Particularly because people with that amount of money to throw around (if you can pay $10 million for one vaccine, you are very very wealthy) know that they can most likely pull strings to get ahead in the line anyway. So at most, they are probably paying to jump ahead by just two or three months from where they will be anyway. (If you are young, healthy and rich, you probably don't care enough to pay these prices. If you are old and rich, you probably are gonna be not-too-far-back in the line anyway).
- ForHackernews 6y agoAccording to this article https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rich-wealthy-coronavirus-vaccine-covid-americans-california-b1776549.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rich-wealt... some people are offering ~$25,000 to jump the line.
- chadash 6y ago~$25,000, sure. That's pocket change for some people. But this article is talking about payments of $10 to $100 million. And in any case, I'm not convinced that 400,000 people would pay $25k.