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The government was paying just Pfizer like 50bn a year for Covid vaccines, I’m sure if you add up all the manufacturers they were easily paying 100bn a year fro
by ericmcer 2y ago
The government was paying just Pfizer like 50bn a year for Covid vaccines, I’m sure if you add up all the manufacturers they were easily paying 100bn a year from 2021-2023. I don’t have all the math but I am guessing it ended up costing at least $500/yr to vaccinate a person.
That is a long ways from free, there is just the bit of abstraction that allows corporations to rob us blind. If we had to go get $500 out of an ATM and hand it to the pharmacy everyone would have been throwing a fit. Bundle it in with the taxes that get silently pulled from your paycheck before you even get it though? No biggie.
- ceejayoz 2y agoAny cite for this? https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/how-much-could-covid-19-vaccines-cost-the-u-s-after-commercialization/ https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/how-muc... says as of a year ago the total across all manufacturers for multiple years was $30B, at a per-dose cost of $20.69. Given how dismal booster uptake has been and the cessation of free vaccination in the fall, I severely doubt the last year has seen the extra $70B you assert.