“The Oxford vaccine is… striking, since the point was to pay researchers, but not to rely on patent monopolies to generate large profits.” – Economist Dean Baker
Pfizer has stated it will charge about $4 per dose. These knee-jerk reactions/assumptions help no one!
I don't know what knee jerk reaction you're speaking of.
That "Big Pharma" is some kind of ogre, always......
One thing I learned a long time ago was the profits of pharmaceutical companies are often regulated by the countries that buy them. I do know with German's 'socialistic' form of government profit margins are often regulated in order to keep big companies from selling at a lower price thereby killing off competition from smaller companies. Any real profits, therefore, must come from countries, as the US, that do not regulate profit margins. Money is needed for research and to pay fair salaries to the workers but still a lot of gouging goes on. I actually saw this when my late partner opted for our states Death with Dignity program.
Did you read the article?
@Amzungu Yes, I'm not claiming the article has errors. There are better sources.
@FearlessFly I'd read both the BBC and Nature sources before posting the one I posted. However, the one I posted, without errors, touched on an aspect the others did not, and it was that aspect that most intrigued me and was the focal point of my post. Not all leans are lies and I do due diligence when assessing a source before posting.
This is the one that everyone will use. Normal refrigeration for this one. Beats the other 2 hands down
It sounds like an attenuated vaccine, which are the type that make up some of our strongest and most long lasting vaccines. All else equal, I'd go for this over the others based on the mechanism. It will be interesting to see if there is any significant difference in the duration of immunity between the various options.
This vaccine is stable under normal refrigeration and has 90% efficacy after the second shot which is only a one month interval. Sputnik V is effective vector vax supposed 0 to be $4/dose and will inoculate Russia, Eastern Europe, India, South and Central America. SinoVac will insulate China and much of Southeast Asia. We need vaccinate 3/4 of the planet in order to eradicate this virus completely.
People before profit, what a novel thought. Those Oxford types, Socialists all.