I don't think it's a good idea to force them to give up their patents, it could discourage future investment in developing such vaccines.
It's an emergency and they can take it, they made enough money and are using the expertise to develop more profitable drugs, not vaccines.I don't think it's a good idea to force them to give up their patents, it could discourage future investment in developing such vaccines.
So what is your plan for the next time something like this happens, and nobody has stumped up the money to make a vaccine because they don't expect to make money from it?It's an emergency and they can take it, they made enough money and are using the expertise to develop more profitable drugs, not vaccines.
But most of all, it is an emergency and capitalism needs to be suspended somewhat until the crisis is over.
So what is your plan for the next time something like this happens, and nobody has stumped up the money to make a vaccine because they don't expect to make money from it?
But they will, because they'll get huge public funding upfront, just like this time! And guaranteed sales too.So what is your plan for the next time something like this happens, and nobody has stumped up the money to make a vaccine because they don't expect to make money from it?
You are equating not being able to patent to not being able to make any money from it, which I believe is false. A lot of big companies are already making outrageous amounts of money. Of course there's no limit to how much they want to make but I really doubt they would quit working in the field over something like that.So what is your plan for the next time something like this happens, and nobody has stumped up the money to make a vaccine because they don't expect to make money from it?
Wtf? Or was it too easy to guess.THEY ARE ALL GOING TO DIE! Or maybe...
In other news, 10000 Indians died after receiving the first dose of the locally made AstraZeneca vaccine. Indian officials and WHO are denying this, but there were reports of thousands of bodies floating down Ganges. Authorities dismiss these reports as "pure fabrication by MadVader".