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> “If vaccines are so safe, why does nobody take responsibility for the side-effects?” Well in the case of the current one, it's because we really, really want
by Nursie 5y ago
> “If vaccines are so safe, why does nobody take responsibility for the side-effects?”
Well in the case of the current one, it's because we really, really want them and the governments of the countries buying them are happy to waive liability in this case to combat a pandemic that's killed about 4 million people round the world.
Pharma companies that have managed to create something so useful in such a short time and at such a huge scale pretty much deserve to do well. I don't begrudge them a bit of a bonus off the back of this.
- f6v 5y agoPharma does deserve to do well in case they accept responsibility. But if they say “hey, if we screw up you’re paying for it”, that’s just having all the good stuff without any risk.
- xboxnolifes 5y agoThere was still the risk of doing the research without having an outcome, or an issue in manufacturing causing them to not meet demand.
- f6v 5y agoWasn’t Moderna funded by the government? And they also got government contracts before they had a final product.
- Nursie 5y agoBut in this case we're begging them to have it early. We're giving them a pass because we need what they've developed so badly. The risk was development. Look at all the pharma companies that didn't make it to market.