[pritambaral]

And how much of those spoils does Big Pharma deserve solely? Were there not other players who had a hand in this victory? Should they not share in the reaped economic value?

I'm talking, of course, of the public that paid for the development and roll-out of the vaccines.

[dns_snek]

The public didn't just pay for the development but also provided social and economic structures, infrastructure and education that allow these companies to exist in the first place.

Even if one believes that vaccines deserve all the credit for returning the world back to normalcy, Big pharma didn't save us. Scientists and other staff directly involved in R&D deserve the credit and they would continue to exist even if their work was organized in another, more efficient manner. I find it quite disturbing when the role of profiteering corporations is glorified like that.