3 ms·
There's no capitalism going on here. I have parents over 70 in the EU, I would gladly pay $5000 per person to get them vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine (Pfeiser
by xiphias2 6y ago
There's no capitalism going on here. I have parents over 70 in the EU, I would gladly pay $5000 per person to get them vaccinated with an mRNA vaccine (Pfeiser or Moderna), but people under 60 are being vaccinated in Israel right now for free.
Vaccination right now is completely political, governments took over control instead of just regulating safety and efficiency of the vaccines.
- tsimionescu 6y agoThere is no market for the vaccine at the consumer level, but the vaccine is still bought and sold in a capitalist market, with states as buyers. Governments that could afford this have done what they can for their populations, that's great, but many countries were unable to access the initial doses and are not allowed to manufacture the vaccine themselves. The situation has improved since the beginning of the year, and some companies are better than others at supporting public health.