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Re:FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, i... by Freedom2 on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:56PM (#43190456)
It's about encouraging the free market. Drug makers will naturally compete and it's up to the American public to reward the flu shot with the most efficacy, or in some cases, not take a shot at all and rely on natural immunization. This will spur competition and bring prices down.

At least that's what this forum has taught me.

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Re:FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, i... by teeray on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:18PM (#43190603)
> This will spur competition and bring prices down.

Without the effects known for months, it sounds a lot like gambling to me.

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Re:FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, i... by atmavatar on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:25PM (#43190666)
The most cherished free market principle of the current administration is caveat emptor.
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Re:FDA meeting to pick next winter's flu shot is canceled, i... by darkteflon on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @09:31PM (#43190705)
That’s an interesting comment. I often see this repeated - that HN as a whole leans libertarian - but I don’t see it personally. Just as many people will jump in to point out that market failures are common for reasons of monopolistic behaviour, regulatory capture, etc, as will people regurgitating Reagan, Thatcher and Thiel.

Whoops, gave away my political leanings.

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