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    Re: "Greed' and 'capitalism' helped UK's vaccines success Archived Message

    Posted by Willem on March 24, 2021, 1:03 pm, in reply to "Re: "Greed' and 'capitalism' helped UK's vaccines success"

    Oh, so the govt & beeb both think it's fine to have profit-making corporations in charge of providing vaccines for this pandemic. No problem that they've claimed intellectual property on their products, so have refused to provide the details which would allow 3rd world medical establishments to make copies for the people who won't be able to afford the vaccines (which anyway have been hoarded by the affluent west). No problem with the incentive to stretch out & amplify profit-making opportunities from these vaccines as long as possible, fitting with big pharma's preference for chronic diseases w/ expensive treatments over cures.

    Indeed. And also, crucially, these companies have immunity from liability.

    The Pfizer zoom conference from 2:30 is especially revealing. These people don't want the pandemic to end - their financial self-interest is in favour of prolonging it as long as possible, to make it as lucrative as possible for them & their shareholders. To the extent that this shapes govt policy (of course it does, they're all in bed together) this will likely result in hundreds of thousands of excess deaths as well as the social & economic ramifications of rolling lockdowns while the thing lasts. Nothing could more clearly illustrate the sickness of the dominant culture, yet our cherished national broadcaster turns a blind eye, "nothing to see here".

    Exactly. And this is one very good reason why people should be deeply sceptical of all the stories coming from the government and media telling us how bad the disease is, how we need to wear masks, stay at home -- all designed to keep the fear high and obey endless draconian measures while forfeiting our freedoms and willingly accepting experimental vaccines.

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