Wow, it's almost like you are aware of the Broken Window Fallacy in economics!
The broken window fallacy is a parable that is sometimes used to explain the problem with the notion that waging war is good for a nation's economy.
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TBH I wasn't. Just trying to apply simple logic to the situation. Money is the great motivator. Technically if Pfizer, Madura et. al. (or just one) thought it was a good idea they could introduce something like COVID to the population, wait a year and launch their vaccine. Setting aside the moral and logistical challenges, the cost would be deaths and layoffs (loss of manpower and consumers, less consumer spending on other drugs/products), diversion of resources from countless other R&D projects, and consumer paranoia/revolt. The government and other private industries (airlines, trucking and carting, lab equipment and processing, cold storage, private medical practice, insurance companies, pharmacies) would all have to work in concert in spite of the damage done to their own enterprises.
You could argue for instance that a hospital did great business (ran out of beds). But it doesn't help them if they're paying exhausted personnel to work around the clock, personnel are dying, patients can't pay, insurance won't pay, lab fees pile up, extra equipment is needed (suits, masks, ventilators), etc., etc.
Maybe I'm missing something obvious. It would be nice to think that a cabal of businessmen had this much power and control, but most people act out of self-interest. A plan like this would need
mutual interests aligned with no detractors...not saying it's impossible, but hard to manage.
But hey, I'm open to different arguments.