I’m 50/50 especially at a time when people want to patent the coronavirus vaccine which is very worrying and extremely annoying,we are literally running against time in preventing mutations of a virus that could literally destabilize the world for several years and all some greedy assholes are thinking about is how to protect their intellectual property,even if a country completely vaccinates it’s entire population and others are unsuccessful there’s a risk a slight mutation could make those vaccinations useless,I heard bill gates defending those companies and frankly speaking this is the second time I’ve heard him saying something medically I think he got totally wrong,so yes and no I support patent rights to an extent but certainly not for vaccines during a pandemic when there’s a shortage of vaccines and time is running against preventing mutations
do you think patents impede progress?
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I’m 50/50 especially at a time when people want to patent the coronavirus vaccine which is very worrying and extremely annoying,we are literally running against time in preventing mutations of a virus that could literally destabilize the world for several years and all some greedy assholes are thinking about is how to protect their intellectual property,even if a country completely vaccinates it’s entire population and others are unsuccessful there’s a risk a slight mutation could make those vaccinations useless,I heard bill gates defending those companies and frankly speaking this is the second time I’ve heard him saying something medically I think he got totally wrong,so yes and no I support patent rights to an extent but certainly not for vaccines during a pandemic when there’s a shortage of vaccines and time is running against preventing mutations