In-reply-to » Gotta love when money matters above all else (sarcasm): https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/11/waive-patents-moderna-still-refuses-share-covid-19-vaccine-recipe

@fastidious@twtxt.net Yeah that tends to be how capitalism is, but I’m not sure I like it in this context, exactly. Obviously things like vaccines need plenty of funding, but driving up costs and treating it like any other ‘product’ to make absolute bank seems like a kinda dick move and as @prologic@twtxt.net says, will just trickle down as increased taxes etc. I don’t know what the answer is. It’s always the same problem with these big corporations - it’s like thermal runaway, but with money.

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