[turing_complete]

It's just insane how incompetent European and American governments have been in this pandemic compared to East-Asian countries. We are lucky to have some functional private institutions that bailed us out -- kept the countries running and developed a highly effective vaccine super fast.

[tchalla]

Moderna has received a lot of government funding despite not ever making a profit as a private institution.

[ethbr0]

https://www.axios.com/moderna-barda-coronavirus-funding-disc...

[tchalla]

Moderna has received many grants from the government even before their Covid play.

[ethbr0]

Yes, e.g. the DARPA ADEPT program in 2011, as part of the P3 effort in response to H1N1.

(More details might help your points)