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India's vaccine pricing being complicated/politicized.
Three simple principles to follow.
1. Govt. should pay manufacturers reasonable price. This is not the time for haggling and creating uncertainty for private sector, domestic or foreign 1/
Three simple principles to follow.
1. Govt. should pay manufacturers reasonable price. This is not the time for haggling and creating uncertainty for private sector, domestic or foreign 1/
2. There should be only ONE price for vaccine jabs all over India. That price should be ZERO. So, vaccines should be free for all
Differentiation and complexity are unethical, unnecessary, and difficult to implement.
Free vaccines for all will avoid vaccine politicization 2/
Differentiation and complexity are unethical, unnecessary, and difficult to implement.
Free vaccines for all will avoid vaccine politicization 2/
3. The Center-NOT states-should bear full fiscal "costs" of vaccines.
Why?
--Virus does not respect state borders.
--Center has better access to resources than states
--Fiscal "costs" are trivial compared to lives saved and economic activity preserved n/
Why?
--Virus does not respect state borders.
--Center has better access to resources than states
--Fiscal "costs" are trivial compared to lives saved and economic activity preserved n/
