Quote:
Originally Posted by tvbound
Once again, history is trying to be warped and rewritten by a certain contingent. The first vaccine was developed by Pfizer, who did not take a penny from 'Operation Warp Speed.' That didn't stop certain people from trying to take credit for it though and the multitudes who were/are gullible enough to believe it.
|
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.