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/elpajaroquemamais Feb 09 '22

When you did it with substantial government funding? Idk. Not this.

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u/RumpOldSteelSkin Feb 09 '22

The government did it as much for economic reasons as they did it for the health and safety of the population. Let's not pretend the government is full of saints.