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But how will waiving the IP help India to produce more? They already have all the licenses they need. It is a resource constraint, not a license/IP issue. If U

But how will waiving the IP help India to produce more? They already have all the licenses they need. It is a resource constraint, not a license/IP issue. If US/UK would finally allow vaccine exports like the EU does, _that_ would help India.

elliekelly 5y ago
I’m not sure I understand why we aren’t? In my area it seems there are now plenty of vaccine doses to go around now. Anyone can walk in to one of the various vaccine clinics set up by the county and get it. No appointment, no ID, no insurance needed. When I went they were practically begging me to spread the word to friends and family.
- Kalium 5y ago
  At a time when the US has vaccinated under 50% of its population - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-va... - do you think it's possible that perhaps your area might not be a fully representative sample?
Kalium 5y ago
I think you've hit it exactly. There's no reason to think that resolving IP concerns will speed up production and deployment in India. Problems there have more to do with the state of their logistical and healthcare infrastructure than the (very impressive) vaccine production capabilities of the Serum Institute of India. It's also maybe a little relevant that the Modi government didn't order nearly enough vaccines early enough.
bluGill 5y ago
The US is finally allowing vaccine exports. The ban lifted May 1. It will take time to ramp up though.
- ChemSpider 5y ago
  Unfortunately the defense production act is still active. Curevac for example reports production issues: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/curevac-says-mass-vaccine-rollout-thrown-into-doubt-by-us-restrictions-2021-05-04/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...

elliekelly 5y ago

I’m not sure I understand why we aren’t? In my area it seems there are now plenty of vaccine doses to go around now. Anyone can walk in to one of the various vaccine clinics set up by the county and get it. No appointment, no ID, no insurance needed. When I went they were practically begging me to spread the word to friends and family.

Kalium 5y ago
At a time when the US has vaccinated under 50% of its population - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-vaccine-states-distribution-doses/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/health/covid-va... - do you think it's possible that perhaps your area might not be a fully representative sample?

Kalium 5y ago

I think you've hit it exactly. There's no reason to think that resolving IP concerns will speed up production and deployment in India. Problems there have more to do with the state of their logistical and healthcare infrastructure than the (very impressive) vaccine production capabilities of the Serum Institute of India. It's also maybe a little relevant that the Modi government didn't order nearly enough vaccines early enough.

bluGill 5y ago

The US is finally allowing vaccine exports. The ban lifted May 1. It will take time to ramp up though.

ChemSpider 5y ago
Unfortunately the defense production act is still active. Curevac for example reports production issues: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/curevac-says-mass-vaccine-rollout-thrown-into-doubt-by-us-restrictions-2021-05-04/ https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/...