
On a fateful Friday afternoon, a cadre of wise advisors at the venerable Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gathered, deliberating in grave tones about the vital matter of COVID vaccine prescriptions. In an audacious display of audacity, they dismissed the notion of requiring a doctor’s prescription, thereby returning the power of agency to the people, or at least to those who find themselves immunized by merriment and market machinations. Our protagonist, BioNTech, basked in this newfound glory, for it had previously risen to prominence as the co-creator, alongside the ever-dramatic Pfizer, of the celebrated elixir known as Comirnaty. It seems that much of its aristocratic reputation hinges upon this single creation.