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Take a look at Pfizer's R&P charts from the last handful of years. It's hardly made a dent over all. I'm tired of this right wing nonsense on this site that is one step away from claiming these companies want to keep the pandemic going for as long as they can. It's complete FUD. It's one dog whistle after another.

Go take a look at their stock price chart. I'll wait. They're just now recovering from the 2009 crash and that's in today's inflated dollars.

We have too many people who are quick to jump to comment on headlines but who can't look into earnings and revenue reports and see how a company is really performing. EBITDA? Why on earth are you on a forum that specializes in startups and venture funding with this little due diligence?

I'm glad the other comment got flagged but this is just a nonsensical dog and pony show for right wingers who are playing coy, grasping at headlines and asking rhetorical "Gee they wouldn't profit off if it would they, fellas?" trying to whistle their way. Despicable, really.

"Why on earth are you on a forum that specializes in startups and venture funding with this little due diligence?"

You are awfully quick to sling insults with a 37-minute old account. For-profit companies aim to make profits. Pharmaceutical companies make profits from selling pharmaceuticals. This is not controversial nor is it some kind of "dog whistle".

When one makes profit from providing to others who are not compelled to use it a good or service they are not compelled to produce, the "profit" is pure goodness.

When the market for a thing exists solely through government action, compulsion, coercion, or cajoling, the same cannot be said.

But that is an aside. My comment simply pointed out the tautology that no entity involved in the vaccine food chain has any incentive to acknowledge the strong protection conferred by natural immunity.

If you are aware of such incentives, please point them out. If you are aware of big pharma executives pleading with governments not to create panic or use compulsion to increase the vaccination, please do point them out.

None of what I said is "right wing nonsense". Simply a sober look at the incentives faced by various entities who have full liability protection from the consequences of any decisions they make.

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