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That's a good question for his financial gain. But how about this one : How many lives did Jonas Salk saved by not patenting the polio vaccine?
by ibudiallo 13y ago
That's a good question for his financial gain. But how about this one :
How many lives did Jonas Salk saved by not patenting the polio vaccine?
- dnautics 13y agoI think it's also a question of: How much money did Jonas Salk gain by not patenting the polio vaccine? Not to criticize the article, but the implicit assumption is that he would have gotten all of the royalties. But would he have gotten as much scientific credibility in the long run? Would Sabin's vaccine been used exclusively and Salk's vaccine descended into obscurity? How would these consequences have translated into financial gain?
- maaaats 13y agoYeah, if the vaccine was more expensive, would it have been used as much? The calculations here seem a bit like the movie industry, where each download is a lost sale. But not to take anything away from him. What he did was great, and he probably would have been rich by patenting it. Just not $7bn rich.