@merz @failedLyndonLaRouchite @jgordon @DeanBaker13 (and the German government more directly subsidized BioNTech. and of course John Galt did not perform the basic research.)

do you want to argue that, bc antivaxx bad publicity, $100+ per dose is necessary in order for continued updates to pencil?

there is no innocence in pharma. it is all derivative of subsidized science. there is a policy question: what is necessary to remunerate the costs + risks of finding and making available good drugs?