vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agoElon Musk is responsible for “killing the world’s poorest children,” says Bill Gatesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square275fedilinkarrow-up11Karrow-down113
arrow-up1987arrow-down1external-linkElon Musk is responsible for “killing the world’s poorest children,” says Bill Gatesarstechnica.comvegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square275fedilink
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down3·9 hours agoGiven that the Gates Foundation backpedaled that stance shortly after: 0
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 hours agoSorry? Exactly when did Oxford open source it’s vaccine and allow manufacturing by companies other than Astrazeneca?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoThe WTO adopted the proposed partial waiver of vaccines in 2022. Several nations adopted a complete patent waiver for all vaccines. The Gates Foundation endorsed it after Bill’s initial objections.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down3·4 hours agoReversing opinions after the damage has been done is nothing but a PR stunt. My question again. Which other companies produced the Oxford Vaccine?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-24 hours agoI just explained to you that the patent waivers were a thing after the Gates Foundation endorsed them. WTF do you mean “after damage was done”?
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·3 hours ago patent waivers were a thing after the Gates Foundation endorsed them. Too late to damage the share price of their Pharma holdings. Gates flew to Oxford and forced (as a provder of funding) the University into an exclusive deal with AstraZeneca. There has been no Oxford vaccine production by any other company. Late patent wavers are shutting the door after the horse has bolted. The mRNA technology already had its population scale field test.
minus-squarewindowssuxxx@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 hours agoHow did he backpedaled. The thing got patented?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·8 hours agoThe WTO adopted a limited patent waiver and some countries adopted a total waiver for all vaccines. For more information and a timeline of events https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/11/08/what-happened-to-the-covid-19-vaccine-patent-waiver/ In the end Bill Gates voiced an opinion and the Gates Foundation reversed his opinion, neither being particularly impactful on the outcome.
Given that the Gates Foundation backpedaled that stance shortly after:
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Sorry? Exactly when did Oxford open source it’s vaccine and allow manufacturing by companies other than Astrazeneca?
The WTO adopted the proposed partial waiver of vaccines in 2022. Several nations adopted a complete patent waiver for all vaccines. The Gates Foundation endorsed it after Bill’s initial objections.
Reversing opinions after the damage has been done is nothing but a PR stunt. My question again.
Which other companies produced the Oxford Vaccine?
I just explained to you that the patent waivers were a thing after the Gates Foundation endorsed them. WTF do you mean “after damage was done”?
Too late to damage the share price of their Pharma holdings.
Gates flew to Oxford and forced (as a provder of funding) the University into an exclusive deal with AstraZeneca.
There has been no Oxford vaccine production by any other company.
Late patent wavers are shutting the door after the horse has bolted. The mRNA technology already had its population scale field test.
How did he backpedaled. The thing got patented?
The WTO adopted a limited patent waiver and some countries adopted a total waiver for all vaccines.
For more information and a timeline of events https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/2022/11/08/what-happened-to-the-covid-19-vaccine-patent-waiver/
In the end Bill Gates voiced an opinion and the Gates Foundation reversed his opinion, neither being particularly impactful on the outcome.