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This is unfortunately fake news, if you read the Reuters report they cite as evidence there is no mention of exclusivity just funding. In fact the exact opposit

This is unfortunately fake news, if you read the Reuters report they cite as evidence there is no mention of exclusivity just funding. In fact the exact opposite is said. > 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...

Abimelex 7y ago
it's not fake news. Please read the updated article from the link you posted above: > Welt am Sonntag also quoted an unidentified German government source as saying Trump was trying to secure the scientists’ work exclusively, and would do anything to get a vaccine for the United States, “but only for the United States.”
- theferalrobot 7y ago
  Yeah, so there is an unsubstantiated german government source and then the very next sentence the company denies it themselves: >CureVac issued a statement on Sunday, in which it said: “The company rejects current rumors of an acquisition”. Finally they give a quote from a US rep: > 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
  - busymom0 7y ago
    Not sure why you are being downvoted. A statement by the company itself saying it's false is a lot more valuable than a newspaper using anonymous source.
atombender 7y ago
Ahem: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald-trump-tried-to-buy-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine/amp/ https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald... According to [Die Welt], Trump was trying to get the Tübingen-based CureVac company — which also has sites in Frankfurt and Boston — to move its research wing to the United States and develop the vaccine “for the U.S. only.” ... On Sunday afternoon, Germany’s Health Ministry told Reuters that its spokesperson had been quoted correctly in the newspaper article, confirming that Washington had attempted to take over the biopharmaceutical company. Government sources indicated that Berlin was now offering CureVac financial incentives to remain in Germany.
- detuur 7y ago
  Please don't use code blocks for quotes. They are illegible on narrow screens such as mobile.

Abimelex 7y ago

it's not fake news. Please read the updated article from the link you posted above: > Welt am Sonntag also quoted an unidentified German government source as saying Trump was trying to secure the scientists’ work exclusively, and would do anything to get a vaccine for the United States, “but only for the United States.”

theferalrobot 7y ago
Yeah, so there is an unsubstantiated german government source and then the very next sentence the company denies it themselves: >CureVac issued a statement on Sunday, in which it said: “The company rejects current rumors of an acquisition”. Finally they give a quote from a US rep: > 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
- busymom0 7y ago
  Not sure why you are being downvoted. A statement by the company itself saying it's false is a lot more valuable than a newspaper using anonymous source.

atombender 7y ago

Ahem: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald-trump-tried-to-buy-firm-working-on-coronavirus-vaccine/amp/ https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald... According to [Die Welt], Trump was trying to get the Tübingen-based CureVac company — which also has sites in Frankfurt and Boston — to move its research wing to the United States and develop the vaccine “for the U.S. only.” ... On Sunday afternoon, Germany’s Health Ministry told Reuters that its spokesperson had been quoted correctly in the newspaper article, confirming that Washington had attempted to take over the biopharmaceutical company. Government sources indicated that Berlin was now offering CureVac financial incentives to remain in Germany.

detuur 7y ago
Please don't use code blocks for quotes. They are illegible on narrow screens such as mobile.