Among the other things to worry about, because pharmaceutical companies are publicly traded stock companies, we have created the situation where people don't have to wait for the companies to bribe them. They can bribe themselves. You buy stock in the company, you push their products, the stock price rises and you collect your reward. It…
Among the other things to worry about, because pharmaceutical companies are publicly traded stock companies, we have created the situation where people don't have to wait for the companies to bribe them. They can bribe themselves. You buy stock in the company, you push their products, the stock price rises and you collect your reward. It used to be the case where we didn't have to worry about this very much because few people were capable of causing much of a change in stock prices. You watch the most senior government regulators, and maybe a few influential scientists, and just not care about what the rest does because it would hardly matter. Covid was different. If you could convince governments to spend millions on the shots, then of course the price of the stock would go up. Everybody could get in on this action.
Among the other things to worry about, because pharmaceutical companies are publicly traded stock companies, we have created the situation where people don't have to wait for the companies to bribe them. They can bribe themselves. You buy stock in the company, you push their products, the stock price rises and you collect your reward. It used to be the case where we didn't have to worry about this very much because few people were capable of causing much of a change in stock prices. You watch the most senior government regulators, and maybe a few influential scientists, and just not care about what the rest does because it would hardly matter. Covid was different. If you could convince governments to spend millions on the shots, then of course the price of the stock would go up. Everybody could get in on this action.