I’m really irritated by the shit AZ are getting.
They are selling their vaccines at cost price. Yes, they had significant government funding for the RND, but that funding did not cover the entire cost of the RND, so AZ made a big loss on that. At cost price they are making zero profit, effectively working for nothing to roll out the biggest and quickest vaccine roll out in history, and all they are getting is ‘big pharma is evil’. Meanwhile Pfizer are selling their vaccines with a tidy little margin, openly profiteering from the pandemic. We all clapped for the NHS, but no one will give AZ so much as a pat on the back. If Johnson gave the CEO a knighthood he would be severely criticised for giving a Tory crony from evil big pharma a gong. International leaders such as Macron, Merkel (who claims to be an actual scientist) and von der Leyen lied and cast aspersions as to the efficacy of the AZ vaccine. They’ve never retracted those lies, never mind apologised for them.
Rant over.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 1 Aug 2021, 13:48,
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It was sickening to read that AZ's share price plummetted
when they announced the cost price thing.
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Sun 1 Aug 2021, 16:26,
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No kind deed goes unpunished.
Clap for carers was a gesture to improve herd cohesion, while not having to improve conditions for actual carers.
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FeralCatMan Long ads need comments sections, Sun 1 Aug 2021, 17:34,
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