EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry

Post by Mistletoe » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 1:36 PM UTC

refraincomment wrote: post #9

refraincomment wrote: post #7

Good. But at the same time it should be possible to buy through private channels. So we can circumvent and get rid of the terribly inefficient bureaucrats.

As usual, advocating for personal freedom gets you downvoted. It's such a funny pattern.

Post by Daho0n » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 1:39 PM UTC

elliekelly wrote: post #10

tertius wrote: post #5

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Ending a contract would encourage them to do more R&D for more future contracts. Don't subsidize drugs/vaccines that don't work. There are 100+ vaccines being worked on. We're fine.

> Don't subsidize drugs/vaccines that don't work. Why not? Funding vaccine research seems a worthy endeavor even if some of the research doesn’t pan out. The end result doesn’t need to be an immediately usable vaccine in order for the time & money spent to be worthwhile. Even a completely failed vaccine project could yield a piece of information that helps ensure the next project doesn’t fail.

Post by parhamn » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 1:41 PM UTC

Post by hef19898 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 1:42 PM UTC

dustinmoris wrote: post #25

hef19898 wrote: post #21

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Well, dugs like vaccines are not sold to private parties. At least in country I know. EDIT: To clarify, vaccines are not sold without a prescription. At least not that I am aware of and where I life. So for me, a sale to a private party was understood as "you walk in and order it". Obviously you can do that with a prescription. That being said, doctors practices are already administering the Covid shots in the EU. No…

They are in Europe. You can go to your family doctor and ask for a flu shot even if you are young and don't get it recommended by default. Same as you can go to your doctor and ask for lots of other vaccines because you want to travel abroad for instance. I paid for many vaccines in private in Austria in order to travel to certain countries. Don't see why I shouldn't be able to pay for a COVID-19 vaccine the same way…

Post by thu2111 » Wed, Apr 14, 2021, 1:43 PM UTC

tertius wrote: post #5

Pick-A-Hill2019 wrote: post #2

Seems rather short sighted in my opinion given that the current scientific consensus is that Covid will become a seasonal thing as it mutates which means that booster shots will probably be needed. Given that amount of R&D funds that the two companies have put in I would imagine they would be reluctant to join in efforts to produce a vaccination for future variations.

Ending a contract would encourage them to do more R&D for more future contracts. Don't subsidize drugs/vaccines that don't work. There are 100+ vaccines being worked on. We're fine.