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Covid-19 vaccine rollout produced nine new billionaires, activists say
2021-05-20
[France24] Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires, a campaign group said Thursday, calling for an end to pharmaceutical corporations' "monopoly control" on vaccine technology.

"Between them, the nine new billionaires have a combined net wealth of $19.3 billion (15.8 billion euros), enough to fully vaccinate all people in low-income countries 1.3 times," The People's Vaccine Alliance said in a statement.

The alliance, a network of organisations and activists campaigning for an end to property rights and patents for inoculations, said its figures were based on the Forbes Rich List data.

"These billionaires are the human face of the huge profits many pharmaceutical corporations are making from the monopoly they hold on these vaccines," said Anna Marriott from charity Oxfam, which is part of the alliance.

In addition to the new mega-rich, eight existing billionaires have seen their combined wealth increase by $32.2 billion thanks to the vaccine rollout, the alliance said.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Profits from Covid-19 jabs have helped at least nine people become billionaires

I wonder that the author is smoking.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2021-05-20 17:14  

#2  How much did supressing HCQ and Ivermectin cost us? Probably trillions more.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-05-20 15:53  

#1  How much money did the vaccines save the economies of the world? Trillions and counting.
Posted by: Whains Speatch8051   2021-05-20 15:48  

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