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Why don't we talk more about this ? How many deaths could be avoided ?

• curiousgal 6y ago
  These last few weeks have opened my eyes to how hypocritical the world is. Last year everyone was up in arms about mask production being centralized in China and every country was calling for domestic production. Now, with the vaccine being made by 3 or 4 companies, everyone is like "oh we can't get the doses we paid for? It's okay we'll wait". Including the EU so this isn't a matter of just "masks are easier to manufacture locally than vaccines".
  • macspoofing 6y ago
    >Including the EU so this isn't a matter of just "masks are easier to manufacture locally than vaccines". But masks are easier to manufacture locally than vaccines. And context is important too. Had there been no patents, are we sure the private investments would have been made 10+ years ago to developed COVID-19 vaccines in record time this year?
• em500 6y ago
  Maybe we don't talk more about this because nobody here has deep insights into the current vaccine production chains (and therefor into the actual bottle necks), so we have no clue how many deaths could be avoided?
• rebuilder 6y ago
  Now or when the next pandemic hits? Suspend patents now, better be prepared to develop the next vaccines without private pharma. Then again, maybe that would work out just fine. I doubt it would be unproblematic, either.