> I’m sure they benefitted from various forms of government support The whole world can thank the Trump administration and Operation Warp Speed [0]. It provid

> I’m sure they benefitted from various forms of government support The whole world can thank the Trump administration and Operation Warp Speed [0]. It provided billions of dollars and firm orders for any manufacturer who could get it's vaccine candidate on the market. All paid for by the American tax payer, of course. To fight a disease that most likely originated in a Chinese lab. Without it it would have been months of additional delay for R&D and production (see the vaccines not selected for Warp Speed or the CanSino program in Canada[1]) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Warp_Speed [1] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cansino-deal-canada-nrc-fifth-estate-1.6208241 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cansino-deal-canada-nrc-fifth...