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Sounds like the proverbial fake news to me: extraordinary claims, denied by company, doesn’t make sense, etc.

• meddlepal 7y ago
  Accomplished it's mission of getting a target audience all riled up too!
• Pfhreak 7y ago
  > In a separate statement, the health ministry told Reuters that the WELT am Sonntag report was accurate: "We confirm the report in the WELT am Sonntag," a spokesperson said. Health ministry seems to confirm it. Calling Fake News on an article without any evidence comes across as needlessly partisan.
  • theferalrobot 7y ago
    Yeah and if you read the Reuters report it says the exact opposite of this business insider drivel. > The U.S. government has spoken with many (more than 25) companies that claim they can help with a vaccine. Most of these companies already received seed funding from U.S. investors... any solution found would be shared with the world https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-germany-usa/germany-tries-to-stop-u-s-from-luring-away-firm-seeking-coronavirus-vaccine-idUSKBN2120IV https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-german...
  • lopmotr 7y ago
    The contentious claim of exclusivity is from an anonymous source and is denied by both the company and the US government. So how can the German health ministry possibly know otherwise? The only official agreement is that “We confirm the report in the WELT am Sonntag,” quote, but it's not clear what exactly they confirmed. From referenced article, it seem to be only “The German government is very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe.” and “In this regard, the government is in intensive exchange with the company CureVac,”.
• smarnach 7y ago
  The company did not deny it. To the contrary, the owner of CureVac, Dietmar Hopp, publicly confirmed the request.