Governments and pharmaceutical companies cannot be trusted

Vaccines should not be mandated because the governments and the companies responsible for making these vaccines cannot be trusted. The primary goal of pharmaceutical companies is to sell drugs and make a profit.^[1] Therefore, with profit in mind, there is no guarantee that these companies aren’t rushing out vaccines that are not only unsafe but not as effective as they could be. Politicians have pointed out that there is an “incestuous relationship” between the public health community, vaccine makers, and government officials. Often public health experts who are part of organizations like the WHO or the CDC will also do work for vaccine companies simultaneously.^[2] The simultaneous work for the government and a capitalist corporation creates a conflict of interest and compromises the trust between these people and the public. People can look to the coronavirus situation as another example of how vaccines are prone to corruption. President Trump wanted to rush out a vaccine to help his re-election bid.^[3] He did not care about the safety or effectiveness of it. There is no way to guarantee that vaccine makers have only the best interest of the public in mind. The desire to line their pockets may lead to unsafe and ineffective vaccines that are distributed and have the potential to do harm.