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Doesn't it take money to increase the supply of a good? A manufacturer making bank on a product is going to reinvest that into his supply chain, increasing the
by exabrial 6y ago
Doesn't it take money to increase the supply of a good? A manufacturer making bank on a product is going to reinvest that into his supply chain, increasing the overall supply... a good thing for everyone, which eventually, depresses prices and makes said goods commodity and affordable for everyone.
- maxerickson 6y agoThe existing purchase guarantees completely swamp any extra demand from private bidders. Say you got a million (or 10 million) people to pay extra (it'd be lot of people at that point); the manufacturing demand wouldn't go up any, and they would probably just delay delivery of some other doses for a week (or a month).
- s1artibartfast 6y agoI think this includes a number of questionable assumptions. 1) The money would go to the manufacturer. 2) The supply limiting factor can be addressed in a reasonable timeline 3) The demand will exist at the time when supply is increased. 4) The price is a limiting factor. As far as I know, lead times for this drug manufacturing equipment is usually >1 yr and the demand will not be there when it arrives. All of the vaccines currently cost $2-20.