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This is the key quote i can find in the article. Correct me if I missed something but I can't find evidence in this article that the Gates foundation pushed for
by scrollaway 6y ago
This is the key quote i can find in the article. Correct me if I missed something but I can't find evidence in this article that the Gates foundation pushed for exclusivity, but rather they pushed for getting the vaccine actually distributed. And all the comments about Gates' views on IP are third party. (Not that I don't believe them what with his past at MS but it doesn't make me think he pushed for exclusivity in any way)
> Oxford backed off from its open-license pledge after the Gates Foundation urged it to find a big-company partner to get its vaccine to market.
> “We went to Oxford and said, Hey, you’re doing brilliant work,” Bill Gates told reporters on June 3, a transcript shows. “But … you really need to team up.” The comments were first reported by Bloomberg.
AstraZeneca may not have been a good choice either in the end. They're falling way behind their targets and are causing vaccine shortages right now.
https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/150975/belgium-to-receive-less-than-half-of-expected-astrazeneca-vaccines/ https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/belgium-all-news/150975/b...