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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      Mate, im not anti vax. Im simply saying that the vaccine is not the only way for us to defend against diseases. We can do things to prevent them, much cheaper and quite reasonable things.

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        Masks required a large chunk of the population to follow the rules, which will never happen sadly

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          But were focusing only on vaccines and under capitalism i’m not so sure that our money is that effectively spent when transferred to pharma corporations. Isnt it insane that we’ve had three separate vaccines developed for the same virus when we really needed one?

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            Wait… so you’re saying scientific research into vaccines shouldn’t explore multiple avenues in case one is more effective than the others? Something you can’t do without funding?

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              Oh it should, but maybe under one organization, so we do not end up with one corporation undermining the effectiveness of the other simply for more profit.

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                Okay, but that’s just not how things work right now. That’s wishful thinking. Right now, the government funds private research. I don’t like it either, but that’s the way we will get future COVID vaccines.

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        Vaccinations are by far the cheapest way to defend against a disease like COVID at scale. You are being disingenuous.

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          I think the money spent on the development of the vaccine says otherwise.

          Also, we had to wait for a covid vaccine for a year (or more? Already hazy) while common sense and hygiene were ready to go before the pandemic. We need to prevent those things from happening and slow them down before we know they exist. Waiting around for the next virus thinking that we’ll just make a vaccine might be a real shitty move if its more contagious and deadly than covid.