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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
I can't find a source showing that the Pfizer exec "walked back" a statement that they didn't receive funding for their research on the vaccine. What I -can- find is that Pfizer sunk over $2 BILLION of their own money into the research for their initial four vaccine attempts. They also worked with BioNTech in a collaborative effort. BioNTech DID get funding - from Germany.
What the US provided was actual purchase of 100 million doses, and the right to buy another 500 million, which we paid 2 billion dollars for.
Also, just aside, in response to other posts blaming certain races or political parties for being unvaccinated:
I don't give a flying fart what color they are or political party they belong to. If they CAN vaccinate, and CHOOSE not to, they are to blame. Whoever they are.
The majority of people sick with the virus, presently, are UNvaccinated. That's all that matters to me.
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I completely agree everyone over 20 who can should get vaccinated. And making it a racial or political party statement is a disservice. If this virus is the result of gain of function research it will have been designed to mutate faster and in a way to avoid our vaccines. Here’s the info below on the Pfizer walk back. Also the research was done in university labs not company labs. Big pharma was needed for production and distribution but did a great job.
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As NPR reported in July, the government reached a deal for nearly two billion dollars to help distribute the vaccine. Pfizer’s own press release in July announced that the U.S. government placed an initial order of 100 million doses for $1.95 billion. No money went specifically into the vaccine’s research and development, but Pfizer absolutely did take government money, and was forced to walk back Jansen’s statement.
In an update to their story, Newsweek provided this key clarification, “This page has been updated to clarify Jansen’s comments following further details from a Pfizer spokesperson. The spokesperson clarified that its vaccine is linked to Operation Warp Speed, though its research and development has not taken funding from the federal government. The headline was also updated for clarity.”