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#Moderna is quadrupling the cost of #covid #vaccines, from $26/dose to $110-130. CEO Stephane Bancel calls the price hike "consistent with the value" of the #MRNA vaccines. Moderna's costs are $2.85/dose, for a 4,460% markup on every dose:

arstechnica.com/science/2023/0… 1/ Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. On the left side of
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Now, obviously the manufacturing costs are only part of the cost of making a vaccine: there's also all the high-risk capital that goes into doing the basic research. 3/
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#idboardreview 16 M fever, progressive neck swelling (bull neck), nasal regurgitation of food, progressive dyspnea, orthopnea. Pharynx/tonsil w/ gray membrane. EKG with heart block. Diagnosis? #medEd #idmedEd #idtwitter Image
#corynebacterium #diphtheriae gram positive bacillus produces epidemic Upper respiratoryinfection in unimmunized individuals
#diphtheria spreads by air & direct contact. Asymptomatic carriage important in transmission. Rare now due to vaccination
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