In the general case, sure—but in the post it was in the context of appointments for getting vaccines under the current paradigm. Unless I have completely misunderstood, in which case I am wrong and my comment is meaningless.
Though I still like the causes of famine as an analogy for the vaccine problem.
Speculation on the vaccine price in a liberalized market is an interesting question. In general I would expect the vaccine price to decline as more and more people become immune around you. But given the existing cyclical structure a speculator might foresee an infection peak and horde for it. I’m sure there are historical examples to resolve the question, but I’m lazy.
The assumption of pricing policies is that people would buy vaccines from the companies, rather than the government hoarding intermediary.
In the general case, sure—but in the post it was in the context of appointments for getting vaccines under the current paradigm. Unless I have completely misunderstood, in which case I am wrong and my comment is meaningless.
Though I still like the causes of famine as an analogy for the vaccine problem.
Speculation on the vaccine price in a liberalized market is an interesting question. In general I would expect the vaccine price to decline as more and more people become immune around you. But given the existing cyclical structure a speculator might foresee an infection peak and horde for it. I’m sure there are historical examples to resolve the question, but I’m lazy.