Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Submarines Date: 17 Sep 2025 18:42:53 GMT Lines: 19 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> <10adta2$33sb9$3@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net V1pX2edss+vAwiB1e0J90QOet1gDtz/G6h/xHjR00iFQ2wC5iR Cancel-Lock: sha1:byu28MAgUjAXduApAb3eKA9moLo= sha256:/kiSZRxWhY7AzXvJngbIxCBP5yRz865hkEheTUzk5tI= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:74413 On Wed, 17 Sep 2025 09:59:46 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > The UK vaccine - the first one - was given away at cost. > > Naturally studies funded by other pharma companies instantly showed it > was 'ineffective and dangerous' > > And their expensive products were infinitely superior. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Oxford%E2%80%93AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine#Manufacturing Funny how the Gates Foundation jumped in and told Oxford to find a large company to work with and the UK picked AstraZeneca. The article also says the EU paid 1.78 Euros per dose. A million doses here, a million there, and soon you're talking about real money. The way it's written suggests the EU also paid for development. afaik Pfizer was the only company to decline government funding.