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If as you state, countries like India are going to ignore the patent anyway, doesn’t it make sense to give it to them and help ensure they produce it successful
by newsclues 6y ago
If as you state, countries like India are going to ignore the patent anyway, doesn’t it make sense to give it to them and help ensure they produce it successfully to save the world from the pandemic?
- thepasswordis 6y agoUnless their is some mixing of terms here, a patent is already public data. India isn’t actually being given anything at all other than a suggestion that we might not support a lawsuit against them for making the vaccine.
- mucholove 6y agoMy understanding is so: Patents read like a menu item. “Chocolate cake with peanut butter and strawberries.” Or “Adenovirus #16 with coronavirus XXX sample modification.” To make the vaccine you also need—“whip up 2 eggs, 4 cups of flour and a 30 ml of oil.” Companies often withhold this info so that they can keep the edge and to make the cost of copy much higher.