The Federal Government Just Agreed to Buy $Billions Worth of COVID-19 Vaccines That Have Not Yet Been Tested for Safety or Effectiveness

On July 22, 2020, Jared S. Hopkins and Chris Wack writing for the Wall Street Journal reported that “[t]he U.S. has agreed to pay Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE nearly $2 billion to secure 100 million doses of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine to provide to Americans free of charge.” The context for that announcement to …

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