As I've said before and will again. More evidence of it:
The Pharma apologists in this thread, about as morally bankrupt as one has to be, pathetically aren't even part of this special profiteering club either and therefore any lack of motive continue to make asinine defenses. Defenses of Pharma practices such as Merck's 40x markup to "cover R&D costs" on a treatment despite being taxpayer funded is rational and just when it comes to saving lives and ending the pandemic as soon as possible, or to get as close to that as we can. It has always been about making an exorbitant profit off the health of people, at the expense of people's lives, as per what Pharma regularly does. Instead of acknowledging what couldn't be more evident aside from a full blown confession from Pharma itself, these same apologist hacks right out of the apologetics playbook continue to double down on that stubbornness. They do this because they have deemed those critical of Pharma at this time, for any reason, as "anti-vaxer", which is so often incorrect and easily falsifiable. At least we both know I'm right even though the other side will never concede that notion.
Pope asks pharmaceutical companies to release patents for COVID-19 vaccines
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2021/10/16/pope-pharmaceutical-companies-patents-covid-19-vaccines/3221634420392/
Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/business/moderna-covid-vaccine.html?fbclid=IwAR2ohBnE_tm1KrCCb-9qMhsql_fWQrjBPqocTvd3O3IyZRR-zQGuvT-hQjo