Big pharma firms reaped big Pentagon money from mandated COVID vaccines

COVID-19 vaccine and test makers and other pharmaceutical and health firms were awarded more than $36 billion in contracts from the Pentagon in fiscal year 2021 in response to mandated coronavirus vaccines for the U.S. military.

That is according to a U.S. Defense Department report outlining expansive spending on military branches and security agencies.

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Virus Outbreak Military Vaccinations — In this Feb. 9, 2021, photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group host the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP

In this Feb. 9, 2021, photo provided by the Department of Defense, Hickam 15th Medical Group host the first COVID-19 mass vaccination on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr./Department of Defense via AP

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Virus Outbreak Florida — Army health specialists fill syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Miami.
Marta Lavandier/The Associated Press

Army health specialists fill syringes with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Miami.
Marta Lavandier/The Associated Press

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