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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
For anyone thinking that Pfizer developed the COVID vaccine, it was actually developed in partnership with BioNTech a German company (funded by Germany - not operation warp speed) that is credited for contributing the messenger RNA technology, which prompts the body to make a key protein from the virus, creating an immune response.
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I don't think you understand how Operation warp speed worked. Here's a clue, it wasn't called Operation warp money. The government did offer vaccine R&D funding, which some smaller companies like Moderna accepted. In return, the government would get a little better price if and when vaccine was approved. Pfizer, who have more money than God, did not take the funding since they have tremendous amounts of capital, and wanted to protect their profits if their vaccine worked. I guess that makes them guilty of "predatory capitalism"
The reason Operation warp speed worked so well is because the government cleared all the bureaucratic hurdles that caused previous vaccine development to take 10 years. The government also incentivized vaccine developers by committing to billions of dollars of orders for any vaccine approved. More "predatory capitalism" or something.
PS The key breakthrough that led to synthetic MRNA vaccine technology was developed by two scientists/Doctors at the University of Pennsylvania. USA