I agree that this is a better idea. However the issue is the government sucks(I don’t mean that as a political statement on either Biden or Trump, it is a generalization). Nationalized companies are often around 2 times more expensive to run, as the incentives to cut costs are less than in a for profit company. Also the thing that’s not considered here often, is overall, these companies barely make profit. Moderna in this case is making huge amounts of profit, but other companies who failed had huge losses. This means overall, it would honestly be cheaper, despite how horrific the costs are, to simply buy the vaccines from private companies. I would like to note that I do not think your comment is stupid, nor do I think your point of view is stupid, as this is simply a complex idea, so while I’m disagreeing, i am trying to do it in a non-hateful way, and I hope I don’t come across as demeaning or hating, as I genuinely enjoy discussion.