Brian Preston
May 7, 2021

Pfizer developed their vaccine without government aid. They should be rewarded for their product development and it’s not clear whether they will be yet. The others got lots of gov $$. Too often there is public money supporting drug development but all profits go to big pharma. This issue is a bigger abuse of the public good than Joe’s slow support of sharing patents. The real prize would be dealing with excess profits in pharma overall. Insulin prices are a great example of this kind of abuse.

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Brian Preston
Brian Preston

Written by Brian Preston

A retired educator with an interest in furthering progressive ideals

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