Dr. Lucky Tran :verified: (@luckytran@med-mastodon.com)
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Attached: 2 images Pfizer says it will price Covid treatment Paxlovid at nearly $1,400 for a five-day course, which researchers estimate only costs Pfizer $13 to produce. That's a 10,000%+ markup. Shameful.
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Trust the science folks. There’s no reason why thes multinational pharma companies would do anything to hurt consumers.

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2 things can be true at the same time. In this case the science is good and accurate, and since we live in a capitalist hellscape, corporations will take advantage of the science at every opportunity.

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Do you think there is the financial incentive could perhaps skew the “science” in one direction?

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