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As a comparison, that’s roughly:

  Moderna COVID: ~$1 per vaccinated person
  Flu vaccine:   $25-90 per person

Seems like the US got Moderna vaccine for crazy cheap.

https://www.goodrx.com/conditions/flu-vaccination/flu-shot-c...

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I'm not sure where you got "Moderna COVID: ~$1 per vaccinated person"

Figures here seem to be more like $20 https://www.kff.org/coronavirus-covid-19/issue-brief/how-muc...

Worth it for the safe and effective vaccines.

Which they are not.

What? They are effective and safe.

It's just "to accelerate development". Any drug company that does vaccines would loooooooove to come out with a new, more effective product in that field and most likely spends money on that already. It's a huge, reliable, well established market.

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