[elmo2you]

While for now just speculation and without a doubt Machiavellian, it could be that this price difference ends up a significant factor for major economies in their choice for an expensive vaccine. I guess we will know, if/when/once examples of individual discrimination based on what vaccine people received start emerging (hopefully, never).

Regretfully, it would be not the first example of major economies using the current reality as an excuse/cover to conveniently push political policies/agendas that would otherwise have been impossible to implement (at least not without violating laws/treaties and maybe even basic human rights). I have no intention to fear monger, but I believe way too many are too naive about some of the things that are currently happening. That is, mostly people within those major economies, for people in less fortunate countries already learned the hard way how double-faced those major economies turned out.

How all this will eventually turn out ... anyone's guess is as good as mine. I guess we will all learn, when the immediate emergency of the current situation is over. I would prefer to be/remain optimistic, but thus far there appear to be more reasons for caution and skepticism (at best).

[bawolff]

What?

I've read this 3 times and can't figure out what you're trying to say.

Are you saying that rich countries are going to intentionally choose more expensive vaccines, with the intention of suppressing the lower classes?

That's so rediculous. In rich countries (other than the usa) the gov pays for these things not the citizens. Even then, the expensive vaccine is only $40, that's within the means of most poor people.

Not to mention that would screw over the rich people who want to benefit from (vaccine induced) heard immunity.

[elmo2you]

Fascinating ...

> .. the gov pays for these things not the citizens .. You do know that the only money governments have, is the money they got from its citizens, right? That is, aside from what they may have earned (though plundered or extorted might be more fitting) from other nations.

> .. the expensive vaccine is only $40, that's within the means of most poor people .. You may want to reevaluate your knowledge about the rest of the world. That is, outside the USA and some the more affluent parts of Europe. Also, that vaccine probably won't cost "just" $40 equally for everyone.

However, believe whatever you want. Time will no doubt teach us all a lessen. Personally, I hope it will teach me that I was wrong with my skepticism.

[bawolff]

I'm not sure why i'm replying here. Guess i'm bored.

> Time will no doubt teach us all a lessen.

I doubt it. You need to actually have a position that can be shown to be true or false with the passage of time before you can learn something from the passage of time. You have a bizare, logically disconnected, rant that does not make any predictions. I don't think any course of events would prove you right (or wrong).

> You may want to reevaluate your knowledge about the rest of the world

In context, we were discussing afluent countries, canada europe, etc.

> Also, that vaccine probably won't cost "just" $40 equally for everyone.

They will cost $0 directly. As you say there will be indirect costs based on taxes. However that will be true regardless of if you get the vaccine and be scaled based on your income, so im not sure how you think that applies to your argument sbout class divide.

[vixen99]

Needs to be repeated again & again: "Governments have no money of their own, it's citizens' (past, present and future - mostly the latter these days) who provide the cash via taxes".

[rimliu]

This changes nothing. If anything it is wise for goverments to pay for vaccine because that means that economy will no longer be stifled by lockdowns and that means more money in taxes. In any cases many governments already said they will provide vaccine for free.