> Are they really selling vaccines for $19/dose? Where did you get that number? > Seems like bad business when plenty of countries would have paid $1000/dose

> Are they really selling vaccines for $19/dose? Where did you get that number? > Seems like bad business when plenty of countries would have paid $1000/dose if they could get the first deliveries... This is probably why all EU countries bought vaccine collectively. (A) To avoid member states pushing up prices competing against each other. (B) To ensure they could demand some of the first doses, due to increased bargaining power given the sheet size of their order. Finally, keep in mind that with the US blocking exports of vaccines, the only free capitalist market for vaccines was the EU. Lol, one could even say the US went borderline communist :) Overall, it all worked out pretty reasonable. And I seriously doubt lack of capital have kept vaccine manufacturers from increasing production :)