The public paid for “Moderna's” vaccine, and now we're going to pay again

https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/25/nationalize-moderna/#herd-immunity

by cstever • 3 years ago

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Arnt2• 3 years ago

The money that paid for my flat came from a startup, that startup was set up in one of those small European countries where the state taxes people heavily and pays for many things.

In the years when I earned less than the average taxi driver, we we wrote our code and didn't worry about health insurance. We received no subsidies, but the the state^Wpublic paid a lot, and then later the public paid for the products we developed. Unfair?

Those same small European countries have a lot of successful businesses. One might suspect that paying for innovation brings profit — on average. I personally think it does.

It's great that Moderna exists IMO, even if its existence involves paying both before and after the product reached saleability.

hulitu• 3 years ago

Moderna is a private enterprise.

paulryanrogers• 3 years ago

Whose research was largely funded by public taxes

feet• 3 years ago

Having state sponsored health insurance is definitely not the same thing as taxes paying for a vaccine then the private company deciding to charge people again

The public paid for “Moderna's” vaccine, and now we're going to pay again

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