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Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by tssva on Monday November 23, 2020 @07:56AM (#25186257)
And when the next pandemic hits no drug company will develop, manufacture and distribute a vaccine because they know there is no profit to be had.
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Re:Oxford University breakthrough on global COVID-19 vaccine by bumby on Monday November 23, 2020 @10:44AM (#25187925)
While I think the current system helps, let's not pretend that profit is the sole reason people decide to work in medicine or research.

We all have things (and people) in our lives who are probably a net negative in terms of financial outcome, but we enjoy them anyways because our value systems are more complex than just "maximize profit"

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