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EricHiggin on 26 September 2021
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JWeinCom said:
SvennoJ said:

Yep, grateful for that part. Yet at the same time disgusted when I look at the vaccination numbers in the third world. Forecasting billions of profits from booster shots while for example Haiti sits at 0.16% vaccinated.

It feels like a failure of the WHO that they can't coordinate a vaccine rollout and have to rely on capitalism to come up with a solution. I doubt the people who did the actual work (front line healthcare workers) get to see anything of that dough...

Just feels wrong reading about billions of dollars of pure profit while the pandemic is far from over. It's just another cash cow now.

I'm not an expert on the situation in Haiti, but I'm not sure 33 billion would solve the issues. And billions of dollars in pure profit (although the article states revenue, which is very different) is a good incentive for companies to invest in vaccines. Not a perfect system, but I really can't think of a better one. 

Lots of people could've invested in big pharma during the early pandemic stage and now taken those profits and pooled them into a fund for places like Haiti and the third world. They could also campaign to influence big pharma to try and chip in. Just a thought.

Sad fact is plenty did invest and many will just hold on for more gains, sell and bank, or put cash outs towards nonessentials.

It's not just the elite who are greedy, blind, or hypocritical, though they tend to be the worst offenders.

Capitalism ain't perfect, but overall it's the best we've come up with so far. It's implementation also matters just as much if not more. Injections are useful, but it depends on how many to work well, cleanliness, what fluids in the needle, etc. Some injections are much more worthy/useful than others.