[quote]2600 bro wrote:
Reminder for the thread! Vaccines are very cheap:
Governments are the only buyers so far, and the amounts they are paying varies.
Now for the truth.
Realizing of course that when "governments are the only buyers" this means we are paying for them. Including those of us who want no part of them.
Pfizer Owes Massive $14.6 Billion Q1 Revenues to Vaccine Rollout
Published: May 04, 2021 By Mark Terry
Pfizer’s full FDA approval could lead to even greater profits
By Melissa Holzberg and Tara Suter
August 24, 2021 2:05 pm
Ahead of Monday’s announcement from the Food and Drug Administration that the department would grant full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTec COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer had already reported a blockbuster year of profits from its vaccine. Now with full FDA approval, plus authorization for a third booster dose, Pfizer could see even greater revenue.
Pfizer reported $5.6 billion in net income during the second quarter of 2021 — that’s up more than $2 billion (from $3.5 billion) from its second quarter of 2020 report to the Securities and Exchange Commission. In the first half of 2021, Pfizer reported nearly $10.5 billion in net income. The company brought in $6.9 billion in the first six months of 2020.
As the pharmaceutical company’s income and reputation have skyrocketed from bringing the first COVID-19 vaccine to market, the company’s lobbying efforts have increased as well. In 2020, Pfizer spent $13.2 million on its lobbying efforts — that’s up from $11 million in 2019 and the most the company has spent on lobbying since 2009 during the debate over the Affordable Care Act. The company was the second highest spender in the pharmaceutical and health products industry, with Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America spending more than $25.9 million on lobbying efforts in 2020. So far, Pfizer has spent $6.7 million on lobbying efforts in 2021, the same pace the company set in 2020.
Then factor in that the vaccines do not prevent transmission per the latest official story so we will need endless boosters.
We cannot afford this "cheap" product