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> benevolence of pharmaceutical companies

I get that sentiment. There's a question of alignment of incentives.

Covid19 vaccinations are likely to be a thing for many years to come, and there are a number of entities that will be able to produce those future vaccinations. If one of the big vaccine providers produces something that's demonstrably less safe than the others, then the odds of them getting more money for future vaccines goes down.

It's far from a perfect system, and there are a lot of holes, but in this case, things line up pretty well.

In short, you can be confident that these companies are primarily focused on long-term profit, which often aligns with good short and long term outcomes for its customers.



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