> Governments should not just fund drug and vaccine research. They should employ most of the researchers and own most of the labs. Problem solved. Give a hundre

> Governments should not just fund drug and vaccine research. They should employ most of the researchers and own most of the labs. Problem solved. Give a hundred billion to vaccine research and then release it to the public with a mandated price - job complete. That seems... a spectacularly naïve idea. Governments could have done this for fifty years, but by and large they don't, because governments are generally capricious and short termist, and don't value R&D. Heck, the UK government just sold off it's vaccine development centre even after Covid happened. https://researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-innovation-2022-4-uk-sells-off-its-new-vaccine-manufacturing-centre/ https://researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-innovation-2...