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by xiphias2 1915 days ago
It's the same reason why you can't get a COVID vaccine for $1000: fear of reputation problems.

Tesla is doing supply/demand based pricing though, so I think NVIDIA could get away with it as well as long as it gets the communication right.
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retrac 1915 days ago
I suspect that has more to do with the fact that Pfizer, Moderna, etc. would find themselves nationalized if they did that. In marked contrast, Pfizer has had no qualms in the past pricing as high as the insurers will pay, with things like their HIV drugs.
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xiphias2 1915 days ago
Isn't Bill Gates working on getting the price of HIV vaccine (and all other vaccines) down by joining all the poor countries of the world together in an organization?

It's sad that Pfizer doesn't do that from itself though :(

And of course the HIV vaccine is not working yet, but the research is promising.

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