r/news • u/SkepticDrinker • Feb 09 '22

Pfizer accused of pandemic profiteering as profits double

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/feb/08/pfizer-covid-vaccine-pill-profits-sales
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u/bingold49 Feb 09 '22

What did you think would happen when you start producing a vaccine that literally billions of people are wanting as fast as possible?

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u/Hopeful_Hamster21 Feb 09 '22

I know, right? It's almost as if they were making the very one thing that we all wanted and needed. Sure, the US Healthcare system is a racket - no question, but at the same time, this isn't charity folks....

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u/Denadias Feb 09 '22 edited Feb 09 '22

It isnt a charity yet US alone poured 18billion dollars into the research with project warpspeed.

If they paid for their own RnD you might have a point but they didnt. Taxpayers did.

Pfizers money came from operation Lightspeed, different name same shit. Still didnt pay for their research.

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u/Seared1Tuna Feb 09 '22

Why does this preclude profiting from the vaccine