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We wouldn't need to spend $1000/dose if people just got the free vaccine!

• musicale 5y ago
  The vaccine is free to patients, but the US government negotiated a price of about $20 per dose of the Pfizer vaccine and insurers can be charged $150-$190 per dose. Pfizer reported $10.6B in net income in the first half of 2021, up $3.6B from 2020 - largely due to the Covid vaccine. I'm not complaining though. $60 (2 shots + booster) to drastically reduce the chance of dying from covid seems worth it. Hospitalization can also cost $10K+ per night. Not to mention that high vaccination rates probably helped California move past the delta peak.