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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8876377">I don't know how much they make versus other types of drugs, and again I am not anti-vaccine, but the new york times reported that Pfizer had made 3.5 billion in the first three months of 2021 (in an article from that year), and the Guardian reported that they had made 37 Billion off it in a 2022 article (and even mentioned they were accused of profiteering off the illness). I think this is worth considering when a number of other companies chose not to make profit off the vaccines they produced.Again, I am absolutely not anti-vaccine but you are talking about an industry that has regularly jacked up prices of drugs to boost profits (including stuff like inhalers and epipens). They've also at times taken drugs off the market that are life saving because they were not cost effective to produce. And it is an industry with a history of misleading the public, of buying politicians and of having an overly cozy relationship with the physicians who prescribe their medications. I believe in science and in modern medicine, as I am a beneficiary of modern medical treatments (I would not be alive without them). But we can be wary of an industry that is profit driven and has a shady history, even as they are making vaccines that help prevent severe cases of covid.</blockquote>