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The two most common insulin products are Novo Nordisk’s Novolin and Eli Lilly’s Humulin. The main COVID vaccine providers are Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson and Johnson, and AstraZeneca. So, same people? Nope. I’m not saying these companies have never done anything wrong, but use factual examples.

2016- Pfizer was fined $106M for a 2600% price hike on its epilepsy drug.

2019- J&J increased most of its drug prices by ~7% (Inflation was ~1.8%).

2020- Astrazeneca hiked prices on its popular drugs by up to 6% (Inflation was ~1%). The company then made a second round of increases after it secured a $1.2B from the U.S. for vaccine development. Astrazeneca made over $3.6B in profit in the first half of 2020.

2021-Pfizer, Moderna, and J&J are prepared to raise the COVID-19 vaccine price after the pandemic is contained in the US. They’ve only resisted hiking the price now to save face while they are being used in the US. Meanwhile, Pfizer hasn’t given access to its vaccine to over 85% of the world.

The entire pharmaceutical industry is abysmal. Every company has a similar agenda: maximize profit even at the expense of human life

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As most of the US gets access to vaccines, ask your international friends how their vaccine rollout is going. (And if you don’t have international friends, please, cultivate international friendships, it’ll broaden your perspective.) 

Right now the US has vaccines and almost nobody else does. Be grateful if you’ve got one, but don’t forget that this shit is systemically manipulated GARBAGE.