Moien,

Let me start by saying that I don’t question need for the vaccines (including anti-covid) or the looming mandate. I don’t believe in the conspiracies either.

The FT article, however, raises a legit question of political power this corporation has and not shy to exercise – https://www.ft.com/content/0cea5e3f-d4c4-4ee2-961a-3aa150f388ec. The company capitalized on the pandemic using its existing production facilities and distribution channels. To me, Pfizer CEO is not a savior. He is just a corporate a@@hole with access to the formula. No corporate entities should be able to exert so much political power. Are there any means to bring balance?

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  1. > To me, Pfizer CEO is not a savior.

    Who said that he was? The vaccine is the collaborative work of thousands of people across the world, not only to find the formula like you said but to test it, produce huge quantities of it and ship it everywhere. Modern medical science is one of the greatest achievements of humanity. What did you do?

    > He is just a corporate a@@hole with access to the formula.

    Pfizer/BioNTech doesn’t have a monopoly, we also have Abdala, CanSino, Covaxin, COVIran Barekat, EpiVacCorona, Johnson&Johnson, Medigen, Moderna, Oxford/AstraZeneca, QazVac, Sinopharm/Beijing, Sinopharm/Wuhan, Sinovac, Soberana02, Sputnik Light, Sputnik V and ZF2001.

    Having the formula is only a small part of the solution. You seem to greatly underestimate the amount of work, sweat and tears that goes into it.

  2. I mean… Isn’t that definition of capitalism? If health was a priority over money, a lot of these labs would actually donate doses so that southern parts of the world could get vaccinated again. If one part is on its 50th dose but people still struggle to access their first one, we’re going to really struggle to prevent this virus from mutating further

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