Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Masks, Covid... Date: 17 Sep 2025 01:50:41 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <108kv17$73g4$5@dont-email.me> <20250827165330.81eb46a2f8f86d5efb83f0c7@127.0.0.1> <108nnmo$t297$1@dont-email.me> <108q123$1g1ph$1@dont-email.me> <108q9ne$1ieq4$1@dont-email.me> <10a3pjn$egqn$1@dont-email.me> <10a4el4$km8l$2@dont-email.me> <10a5s8v$1360o$5@dont-email.me> <10a60uc$148fh$1@dont-email.me> <10a6r88$1d082$1@dont-email.me> <10a8gq3$261sn$1@news1.tnib.de> <10ab8n3$2fauo$2@dont-email.me> <9droplx3a.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net AQ5igvgU/HPPX2G14afP2glo4AHDItEvFFpxDGwdU32hVWlt6s Cancel-Lock: sha1:tFBX5HG4loHwrHITupEGqvbhK2s= sha256:rmo+4T8MtV1BK+7SXS/37TqadbViSaOzzq1fgCylvGk= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74366 On Tue, 16 Sep 2025 21:46:17 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2025-09-16 21:15, rbowman wrote: > > ... > >> Did the pharma companies turn out a profitable product without a lot of >> testing at Warp Speed? At least in the US they might be encouraged by >> the absence of liability if they screw up badly. I forget all the >> players. Was it Johnson & Johnson that had the 'one shot and done' or >> was J&J the one that was pulled due to blood clots? None of them ever >> achieved the one shot fix. Cynically the need for an annual shot >> guarantees eternal sales. And, no, the shots are not 'free'. > > They are here. Do you have non-profit pharmaceutical companies that prepare the vaccines out of the goodness of their hearts or does your welfare state pick your pocket to pay for 'free' vaccines? TANSTAAFL. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_such_thing_as_a_free_lunch