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> cost under $20

Per-dose cost is meaningless. Now do “multi billion dollar government paid for contracts”.

Yes they have huge contracts but they also have to produce the vaccine! And the vaccine could be waaay more expensive given its value to the people who took it.

Merck stock (no vaccine) had the exact same return as Pfizer over the past 5 years.

Now Moderna is up 800%, so maybe look their way if you are concerned about a conspiracy.

Look at the balance sheet not the stock market reaction.

The vaccines are arguably being marketed to people for whom its more expensive than its worth: the young and healthy.

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