my dad is refusing to take vaccines because he thinks taking it will automatically make him vote dem because of nano-machine in them.
he also thinks vaccines are kind of HRT.
anyways how’s your day?
sorry for your loss
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TIL! Thank you for the useful link.
Ah so that explains my D cups
Block his router of the content
I watched birds are not real Ted talk the other day, I think it was awesome to give a perspective on the conspiracy stuff and how people run with it.
If it flies, it spies. 🐣
you should introduce him to the library
Gives a whole new meaning to the term “parental controls.”
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AFAIK some US agency did R&D for COVID, they just
bribedsponsored Right People
From the bottom of my heart, fuck you Pfizer. I have had Covid twice, had my blood oxygen drop as low as 79, and I would still rather die a miserable covid death than suffer the injustice of being greed raped by the absolute worst caricature of capitalist pigs that actually came to life. I hope that money makes your board members miserable and can’t do much to treat the uncurable, flesh eating disease your evil pig carcasses should be justifiably riddled with by karma, leaving your kids to donate your disgustingly afforded estate to charity to cleanse themselves of the nasty aftertaste of human suffering, the faint stink of people who are trying to take paxlovid and recover from a major virus in the rain and vulnerable cold because they can’t afford both rent and medicine, after your death. Burn in hell, you uncaring scum.
EDIT: I realize this is a lot of vitrol to throw out into the universe, but they likely won’t ever see this on Lemmy, and to make matters worse they clearly won’t care anyway. It’s just my own version of catharsis, I guess
Much better strategy: you take the medicine… survive… and refuse to pay in protest. Sure, you might get sued for non-payment of bills… then a bunch of people can fight a class action lawsuit against pfizer.
I get the anger. We really need to fully socialize these medical development centers. But on the other hand, they did most of the work. They didn’t have to.
I’m sure the research was publicly funded, and the profit will be private as is tradition.
Yep, that Pfizer for you, using taxpayer money to R&D drugs they will use to price gouge the public who paid for it, out of the kindness of their hearts.
They didn’t do most of the work. Not even close.
Didn’t the government fund the development? So… it’s not like they need so much to recover R&D right?
Welcome to the United States. Everything is subsidized, then turned around to fuck the average person.
The government did not for Pfizer. That was Moderns. Pfizer did spend billions of their own cash. This move is largely because the executive leadership way overestimated the amount of covid vaccine and drug treatment revenue for this year, and they are desperate to make up ground.
So they are raising prices and cutting across the board rather than admitting they didn’t know what they were doing in their projections. CEO isn’t taking a pay cut though. Morons got a winning lottery ticket in the pandemic and assumed they’d keep winning every year.
That is almost always the case. Pharma companies are mostly just advertising firms
I’m fine with the public-private partnership but money like this needs to come with strings attached. We should’ve made an agreement to cap the price. We developed these drugs under the Trump administration so I really don’t think the impact to poor and middle class citizens has ever been a thought in his mind.
Ok who let Martin shkreli out of jail?
That’s called freedom! Go to Russia if you don’t like it! /s
Literally
Don’t ever think for a second that pharmaceutical companies did anything during Covid for our benefit. They were working their actuarial tables to figure out how they maximize their profits in the future against sick people dying.
I’m allergic to Paxlovid; taking it makes my neck and head swell up to where I look like Rocky Balboa after a fight and my neck feels like a giant tree trunk.
This isn’t important, but it’s probably the first time I’ve seen an article about Paxlovid since that happened, so it’s all I could think about for a minute.
I guess I’m not surprised that this is happening with one of the few very essential drugs that isn’t in the list of medications that congress is negotiating prices down on for medicare.
Of course pharmaceutical giants use any opening, opportunity, or loophole to exploit those who are sick. Disgusting.
I’m allergic to Paxlovid; taking it makes my neck and head swell up to where I look like Rocky Balboa after a fight and my neck feels like a giant tree trunk.
Are you aware of which part of it that you’re allergic to?
And have you heard of if others have the same allergic reaction?
No, my doctor just had me take Benadryl to see if the reaction started to calm down. When 12 hours later it had, he had me stop taking Paxlovid completely and I didn’t finish the pack.
I know anaphylaxis is definitely a reported reaction of Paxlovid, but I have no idea how prevalent it is.
This page on Paxlovid by the NIH mentions it under Monitoring and Adverse Effects.
Thanks, and also for the link.
No problem!
This is the nature of providers vs insurers in the negotiation war. And those without insurance are the losers of this war.
Or you live in a civilized nation with universal health care lol
I can’t even fathom thinking like you do, fucking god what a horrible nation you live in
It’s not a matter of thinking like that. It’s the truth of what happens. I didn’t say I’m ok with the system.
Sorry, I think i was grumpy that morning and a little more attack oriented then my usually aggressive self.
I hear you and I sympathize.
They can treat deez nuts
It is shockingly easy to burn things.
I’m just going to leave that thought there.
Shocked Pikachu Face
For muh profit$.
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Give it a couple of days, the Pfizer CEO will be telling everyone how desperately important it is that they get vaccinated.
Because he needs more money, obviously.
This is treatment, not the vaccine
My point still applies.
Getting the vaccine dramatically lowers the likelihood of needing the treatment, so no, your point is categorically incorrect.
And Pfizer are obviously only interested in the wellbeing of the population. 🤪
They’re interested in a safe and effective vaccine, because that will prove their technology and increase their stock value.
You should have paid better attention in Economics, Biology and Chemistry. Or (hopefully) you’re still in school and haven’t taken those classes yet. Unfortunately, most of the conspiracy nutcases are adults, which I assume you are.
