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Reminder that these vaccines were large majority tax-payer funded, and both Moderna and Pfizer have legal immunity to any ill effects caused by the vaccine [1]
by survirtual 4y ago
Reminder that these vaccines were large majority tax-payer funded, and both Moderna and Pfizer have legal immunity to any ill effects caused by the vaccine [1]
They are legally immune to being sued due to damages caused by the vaccine. In developing the vaccine, they also somehow got vaccinated against our legal system.
This should have come with strict pricing rules and other strings in order to receive its benefits. Instead, if you are working on problems relating to certain contagions, you too can be liability immune — but just until 2024 after Moderna and Pfizer have both made absurd amounts of money and paid back the politicians who made it happen. It is laughable policy only a very short sighted population and leadership would think is smart.
That price will keep hiking and now we have super-powered organizations highly incentivized for plagues only they can cure. I’m sure they will leave billions / trillions on the table and be benevolent about this.
[1] https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/PREPact/Pages/default.aspx https://aspr.hhs.gov/legal/PREPact/Pages/default.aspx