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People in this thread are denouncing the involvement of a commercial company as "evil", all the while forgetting that handling the logistics and assembly-line r
by underdeserver 6y ago
People in this thread are denouncing the involvement of a commercial company as "evil", all the while forgetting that handling the logistics and assembly-line required for mass producing hundreds of millions of doses made of very specific biological compounds is not something a university is equipped to do.
- underdeserver 6y agoAlso, the cost of the vaccine is, for every high-income state, so vastly lower than the lost income in tax / domestic product that all countries can easily subsidize it. Also, there is COVAX which already purchased nearly 3 billion doses for poorer countries[1]. So until you can show me that this partnership caused direct harm to people, and that the risk of this taking more time than it has is small, I call BS. [1] https://www.unicef.org/supply/covid-19-vaccine-market-dashboard https://www.unicef.org/supply/covid-19-vaccine-market-dashbo...
- aiisjustanif 6y agoThat’s not the point. It’s still hypocritical, you can donate the IP still and still mass distribute it.
- anigbrowl 6y agoNot true.
- sudosysgen 6y agoMany universities actually do, and many more governments too.