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What's the pharma theory?

• jokethrowaway 5y ago
  (not gp) That you need a vaccine even after a recovery. One more sale for Big Pharma.
  • jimmydorry 5y ago
    (not gp, not expressing support for this line of thinking) That creating vaccines which require 6monthly-1yearly boosters that every must take creates a new, lucrative revenue stream for Big Phrama and a conflict of interest, even when the initial vaccines may be cheap (e.g. Immunity as a Service).
    • saalweachter 5y ago
      I'm actually really curious if this will end up a yearly booster situation or just a three-shot vaccine situation.
      • sk2020 5y ago
        Are populations with large majorities of people who’ve received 2-3 injections seeing total or near eradication of coronavirus? I’m not aware of any examples.
        • WillSlim95 5y ago
          Check out how things are in Israel or UK.
      • koolba 5y ago
        Have you ever wondered why the CDC vaccine card has four slots on the front?
        • manwe150 5y ago
          Not really, it just looked to me like it filled the blank area of a standard dimension card. Are you surprised when index cards have lines to the bottom, and not just enough? Though, I admit it had triggered a small, gamer part of me that wanted to get the completionist award for filling every slot.
• vkou 5y ago
  That there's a massive conspiracy by Big Pharma to make colossal profits in the form of ~$30/vaccine, and that this is a waste of public money. Instead, we as a society could save a lot of money by eating anti-parasitical drugs that don't work[1], or by getting sick, and potentially hospitalized for COVID. (Because even a brief a hospital stay won't trivially run into $XY(Z),000 billing. [2]) [1] And are, uh, also made by Big Pharma. [2] Much of it also going to, of course, Big Pharma.
  • keneda7 5y ago
    I think you are being very misleading here. Its not a conspiracy theory pharma company's care far more about profits than our health. In fact I would say there is a lot of strong evidence to support this. Google any pharma company name followed by settlement or fine. Pfizer has payed billions in fines for a variety of reason including bribing doctors and misleading regulators with fake data. Its also worth noting Pfizer is making a killing. Google Pfizer profits 2021. They have something like 90% growth at the moment. I would say Big Pharma 100% has an agenda to push. They want you to take their drugs so they make money (like any company). In this case its a vaccine. They don't care if you have had covid they want the money. However in my opinion this is not some new behavior. This is exactly how they have always acted. Look at the opioid crisis.
  • angelzen 5y ago
    $30 * 3 doses * 8B people = a cool $720B
    • vkou 5y ago
      A bargain at twice the price, given how much it saves in medical spending, loss of life, and long-term side effects.
  • kalleboo 5y ago
    I can totally see Big Pharma making up needless, recurring vaccines to cash in. They've done worse in the past. I can even see the US government being paid off by Big Pharma to implement mandates solely to leech tax/insurance money off. But every single developed country, many with government-funded healthcare where they have no interest in throwing away money on something that doesn't work, many a higher level of democracy and high government trust, not a single one of them questioning this and skipping it? That's where the conspiracy gets too big and hard to believe.