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<blockquote data-quote="Joe" data-source="post: 464102" data-attributes="member: 9">Why should I reword my sentence [USER=1301]@The Prowler[/USER] ? Actually what I advocate is what any true free enterprise conservative Capitalist would - more competition. Are you not aware that more competition might force Pfizer or Moderna to produce better products and lower their prices?This might be to the detriment of shareholders who want Dutch tulip prices for their big pharma shares to continue forever, but it may also be for the benefit and the greater good of the many. And with more vaccines available they offer greater choice for the consumer. Isn't that what capitalism is about? Sure it's possible that Pfizer or Moderna may release better vaccines in the near future but there is no guarantee it will happen anytime soon. I haven't heard about any new vaccines from them. Have you? And will they be safer than their previous products?Currently there are at least 2 other promising vaccine candidates - Novavax from the USA and Medicago from Canada. Cuba's homegrown vaccines show great promise but the possibility of them ever&nbsp; being introduced into the United States is slim given the strained relations between the 2 countries.And yes politics and collusion' does play a key role in which vaccines are approved in our supposedly 'free' Capitalist market.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joe, post: 464102, member: 9"] Why should I reword my sentence [USER=1301]@The Prowler[/USER] ? Actually what I advocate is what any true free enterprise conservative Capitalist would - more competition. Are you not aware that more competition might force Pfizer or Moderna to produce better products and lower their prices? This might be to the detriment of shareholders who want Dutch tulip prices for their big pharma shares to continue forever, but it may also be for the benefit and the greater good of the many. And with more vaccines available they offer greater choice for the consumer. Isn't that what capitalism is about? Sure it's possible that Pfizer or Moderna may release better vaccines in the near future but there is no guarantee it will happen anytime soon. I haven't heard about any new vaccines from them. Have you? And will they be safer than their previous products? Currently there are at least 2 other promising vaccine candidates - Novavax from the USA and Medicago from Canada. Cuba's homegrown vaccines show great promise but the possibility of them ever being introduced into the United States is slim given the strained relations between the 2 countries. And yes politics and collusion' does play a key role in which vaccines are approved in our supposedly 'free' Capitalist market. [/QUOTE]

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