You've missed the real issues; they weren't the only one making a vaccine and their vaccine wasn't by any means guaranteed to be good much less the best. Witho

You've missed the real issues; they weren't the only one making a vaccine and their vaccine wasn't by any means guaranteed to be good much less the best. Without that pre-order, they had no guarantee that they would get any money. What if their vaccine turned out to be 50% effective? 30%?