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US to pay Moderna $176M to develop pandemic flu vaccine
- TurkishPoptart 2y agoAs long as they don't mandate it for me to keep my job....
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 2y ago[flagged]
- Tagbert 2y agoSeems like a prudent insurance policy given the "almost there" strains and infections we have seen recently.
- MakeStuffAllDay 2y ago[flagged]
- hulitu 2y ago[flagged]
- autoexec 2y agoSeems smart to fund this kind of research since it looks like it's only a matter of time until some kind of animal flu becomes a major problem for humans. We're sure not likely to stop the open-air markets, industrial farming, and environmental degradation that causes disease to flourish and spread. Here's hoping the investment pays off in lives saved!
- RecycledEle 2y agoA vaccine developed against a pathogen that is not available to study is unlikely to be effective against said pathogen.
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- alberth 2y agoAs a comparison, that’s roughly: Moderna COVID: ~$1 per vaccinated person Flu vaccine: $25-90 per person Seems like the US got Moderna vaccine for crazy cheap. https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/flu-vaccination/flu-shot-cost-without-insurance https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/flu-vaccination/flu-shot-c...
- creer 2y agoIt's just "to accelerate development". Any drug company that does vaccines would loooooooove to come out with a new, more effective product in that field and most likely spends money on that already. It's a huge, reliable, well established market.
- tim333 2y agoI'm not sure where you got "Moderna COVID: ~$1 per vaccinated person" Figures here seem to be more like $20 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...
- thedrbrian 2y agoWorth it for the safe and effective vaccines.
- exabrial 2y agoAll back room deals. I’m not anti vax, anti climate, anti whatever. I’m anti paying your senator’s golf buddies.
- toss1 2y agoI'm also against no-benefit backroom deals, but who ekse is qualified to develop and deploy st scale such a project? Of course it is likely that some Moderna execs know some Senators, but the same is surely true for Pfizer and every other qualified company. So, what evidence do you have that this is an illegitimate deal? Ehat other company should have gotten the deal? Or, do you merely feel that a vague suspicion substantiates an accusation?
- HocusLocus 2y agosmall particle size escapes injection site ALWAYS
- jyscao 2y agoYou're completely right. The mRNA covid "vaccines" certainly did not remain localized to their sites of injection.
- jrnichols 2y agoWith news like this, now I understand why conspiracy theorists and vaccine skeptics feel the way they do. The whole hysteria surrounding the covid-19 vaccine fueled that fire way more than I ever thought it would.
- tw04 2y agoNews of the government trying to get in front of a pandemic explains to you why there are people that think vaccines allow the government to track you through 5g networks? That’s an interesting take.
- frank_bb 2y ago[dead]
- josephd79 2y agodidn't they already try this 4 years ago?
- hulitu 2y agoThey did. It worked so well, they wanna do it again. /s