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With an IP waiver, you make it less likely you'll have a vaccine for the next one, defeating the entire purpose.

• monocasa 5y ago
  No you don't; the vaccines were funded almost entirely with public money anyway.
  • hcurtiss 5y ago
    Their manufacture was. The mRNA research was a huge private bet (after some companies had given up).
    • monocasa 5y ago
      The largest source of Moderna's R&D funding was nearly $1B in grants from the US Government.