But vaccination is the end game anyhow: test-trace-isolate as an alternative to half-baked general permanent lockdowns "just" minimizes the impact in both health and economic damage while developing the vaccines, which are the endgame. But minimizing the damage and giving a lot more time to d…
But vaccination is the end game anyhow: test-trace-isolate as an alternative to half-baked general permanent lockdowns "just" minimizes the impact in both health and economic damage while developing the vaccines, which are the endgame. But minimizing the damage and giving a lot more time to develop and test vaccines is a big thing.
“the socially responsible thing, no profit there.”
It is not just about “no profit”, it is mostly about the propaganda impact: Reagan said “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I'm from the government, and I'm here to help’”, and therefore a government funded and organized public health project is "collectivist" and ideologically incompatible with neoliberalism. The the huge marketing campaign and profit opportunity for Pfizer and AstraZeneca and Moderna and J&J are also very welcome of course. A supporting quote about the Prime Minister of England:
“I chose vaccination because we will never do”
But vaccination is the end game anyhow: test-trace-isolate as an alternative to half-baked general permanent lockdowns "just" minimizes the impact in both health and economic damage while developing the vaccines, which are the endgame. But minimizing the damage and giving a lot more time to develop and test vaccines is a big thing.
“the socially responsible thing, no profit there.”
It is not just about “no profit”, it is mostly about the propaganda impact: Reagan said “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I'm from the government, and I'm here to help’”, and therefore a government funded and organized public health project is "collectivist" and ideologically incompatible with neoliberalism. The the huge marketing campaign and profit opportunity for Pfizer and AstraZeneca and Moderna and J&J are also very welcome of course. A supporting quote about the Prime Minister of England:
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/mar/23/greed-and-capitalism-behind-jab-success-boris-johnson-tells-mps
«The UK’s successful vaccine rollout was thanks to “greed” and “capitalism”, Boris Johnson has told Conservative MPs»