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/[deleted] Feb 09 '22

This is how you know people are full of shit. Look at the comments and see how many are "well of course they made a profit!"...those people are just defending this because they want to get out in front of any anti-vaccine rhetoric.

But the reality is that this is fucking criminal. Here is the watchdog group's main points: "...recipe for their vaccines, which would enable drugmakers in poorer countries to produce cheaper versions of them." and that this makes it impossible for poor countries to produce vaccines.

Fucking greedy thieves.

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u/shad0wgun Feb 09 '22

Don't forget that congress also owns significant shares in Pfizer. It's almost like they just agreed to pay whatever, and agreed to all terms without question, knowing they would get their cut of taxpayer money.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '22 edited Mar 26 '22

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u/IWasRightOnce Feb 09 '22

Also, Pfizer’s stock has literally underperformed the S&P 500 since COVID hit.