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  I’ve had three shots — and never got Covid
  
  Or, more likely, you did get COVID, but because you were vaccinated the symptoms were very mild.
context: It is patently absurd (no pun intended) that the government just surrenders these patents and intellectual property to for profit companies without maintaining any control over them whatsoever.  
  If this isn’t a great example of corporate capture, I don’t know what is >
  
  I thought Moderna was the one company that didn’t benefit from operation warp speed? Not that i in any way condone the price hike. >
  
  I believe Operation Warp Speed dealt with manufacturing not development. The idea of manufacturing vaccines that had positive data before they were approved since it takes a long time to build up a large amount of vaccine cultures. The thinking is at least one vaccine would get approved and the headstart would offer enough savings in the economy to justify the cost, not to mention lives saved. >
  
  No it dealt with both.  Moderna developed their vaccine solo  . Again i don’t think the raise in price is a good thing but you have to admit it puts them in a different position than the other vaccine developers >
  
  Moderna took $1.5 billion for development. >
  
  So did they take less money for something else ? I’ve always heard they were somehow an exception to receiving the benefits of operation warp speed. Are you saying this is totally false?! If it’s not then they should be granted a little more freedom for turning down a government handout. >
  
  BioNTech is the vaccine company that rejected Operation Warp Speed funding. They created the vaccine, and partnered with Pfizer in the US to develop mass production and distribution. >
  
  BioNtech was supported by the German government and they want their taxpayer money back, Germany is a well run country for the taxpayer >
  
  Source? >
  
  it was around the time of the "release the patents" push, 2021, the German government said no as it was their investment >
  
  Pfizer also plans to charge between $100 and $130 for its vaccine.  What a coincidence. >
  
  And just like that vaccine rates drop to 0% >
  
  Are a lot of people still getting vaccines? I’ve had three shots — and never got Covid — but it’s been a while since I had one