Coronavirus 2019-2020 thread (no unsubstantiated rumours!)
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Merkel is opposing the IP waiver claiming that “The protection of intellectual property is a source of innovation and this has to remain so in the future.”. Looks like there'll be an impasse at WTO.
There's a reason Biden went ahead with this waiver. He knew that Germany would oppose it so this would never come to fruition. This way US takes the moral high ground while also satisfying its Pharma lobby.
There's a reason Biden went ahead with this waiver. He knew that Germany would oppose it so this would never come to fruition. This way US takes the moral high ground while also satisfying its Pharma lobby.
It looks more like a grandstanding than anything.
Here is a report from reuters.
And I quote part of it:
As the head of African CDC says people in the under developed countries need vaccines in their arms right now, that is either local manufacturing capacity, or export from pharmaceutical powerhouses. Waiving the patent does not serve any of these purposes.
The French official pointed out the hypocrisy of Biden administration.
This is the typical US practice of "giving empty promise knowing it is BS". Remember US promising support to India and Japan's bid to UNSC membership? US knew very well it won't pass anybody else.
It is not "look like", it is always that way if you know how vaccine works. Vaccine can not block the virus to enter your body, face mask does that. Vaccine only provide more ammunition to the body to fight the virus.
Says it all
AssassinsMace
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The US decision on patent waivers I read was months away. How many Indians are going to die during the meantime? Biden is just punting the ball back further down the field. He has to make it look like he cares but doesn't want the heat when US companies lose money over his decisions. In a democracy that's what a President has to think about because profit is the most important factor in a capitalist society.