As opposed, I suppose, to some shady outfit that has a vested interest in selling as many vaccines to as many people as possible.
The pharmaceutical industry and its government agency counterparts have destroyed their own credibility.
The pharmaceutical industry and its government agency counterparts have destroyed their own credibility.
Unlike professional antivaxxers (who are using antivax propaganda to sell snake oil), the pharmaceutical companies have to test their drugs in thousands of people and produce reams of safety and efficacy data in order to obtain FDA approval.
Pharmaceutical companies do not make much money on vaccines. They actually make more on people who get sick, since they need medications and, depending on how sick they are, IV fluids, other medical equipment. According to the CDC, a measles vaccine costs about $95. But, according to a 2020 review published in Clinical Infectious Diseases, the median cost of treatment for a case if measles is $32,805 (range, $7,396–$76,154). A Review of Measles Outbreak Cost Estimates From the United States in the Postelimination Era (2004–2017): Estimates by Perspective and Cost Type
Clearly, if big pharma was more interested in profit than in patient health, they would refuse to make any vaccine available.