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What this english article also misses is that the Belgian government becomes liable for the damages. This was discussed in the local press. Anyways, if the fin
by nocturnial 6y ago
What this english article also misses is that the Belgian government becomes liable for the damages. This was discussed in the local press.
Anyways, if the fine print of the contract indeed stipulates that they will sell it at cost, then I see no problem with it. The problem is that I doubt this is the case otherwise they could give up their patent and let countries produce the "generic" version. In return they will be refunded for their research and can keep their know-how.
- antpls 6y ago> What this english article also misses is that the Belgian government becomes liable for the damages. This was discussed in the local press. How does that work when there is no government, as in Belgium ?
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- stef25 6y agoWe do have a govt, it's just the elected parties that can't agree on how to govern together so in the meantime there's some interim setup. Or something along those lines. It's such a non issue that nobody even notices. I wonder if anyone at all is impacted.
- nocturnial 6y agoYes, we're living in an advanced democracy. The country doesn't grind to a halt when there's a political disagreement.
- dragonwriter 6y agoYou are using two different meanings of “government”, one refers to the machinery of state and one to the regular political leadership of that machinery endowed with certain powers by virtue of meeting certain procedural rules. The first is where the liability lies and is not interrupted, the second is interrupted as a result of no leadership currently meeting the procedural standards, but not critical to the issue at hand.
- pkaye 6y agoThis vaccine is the Oxford vaccine. It has been licensed at no charge to India, Russia and Argentina/Mexico and Australia to produce their own vaccines. They all agreed to sell at manufacturing cost. Around $3-4/dose to manufacture.