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President Joe Biden said Friday that he is planning to request more money from Congress to develop another new coronavirus vaccine, as scientists track new waves and hospitalizations rise, though not like before

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[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago (13 children)

Republicans will fight him on this, because somehow they’ll find fault in this if a DEMOCRAT does it.

[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 27 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the companies are raking in huge profits on the vaccines still. They can afford to do faster research themselves. If the public coffers pay, they should get equity.

[–] ma11ie@lemmy.one 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Hey, lemme know when we get that dividend for the oil profits we’ve been subsidizing for decades.

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[–] yata@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A majority of their voters are antivaxxers, so it is not just because a Democrat doing it. It is the fact that it is being done at all.

[–] SulaymanF@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Not a majority, but a substantial number of them. Majority of Republicans got vaccinated, and even a slim majority favored vaccine mandates, but that eroded as it became a Party talking point.

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[–] riodoro1@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So the government will fund it with tax money, and pharma companies will sell it back to the government for “undisclosed” amount. Did i get it right? Oh what capitalism will do for our collective good.

[–] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Still an improvement over the current policy of "shut the fuck up, covid is over."

[–] Silverseren@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

They are already working on a new booster that should be out at the end of September, but I don't know if it is targeted enough for the new dominant Eris variant, whose main mutation allows it to better escape prior immune detection, or with the emerging Pirola variant, which has a concerning 30 new mutations whose effects are still being investigated.

So, an entirely new vaccine to deal with the newer mutated variants would be great. And with the advances in mRNA vaccine development over the past few years, it shouldn't take long to make a new vaccine either.

[–] Grant_M@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

Every day i'm thankful to the people who voted Biden/Harris and ousted the criminal fascist trump admin. THANK YOU from Canada.

[–] DigitalFrank@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

That'll turn those dropping pharma stocks trending back up.

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