Posted on 05/06/2021 1:21:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway
UN chief Antonio Guterres believes vaccine makers should allow other companies to produce versions of their COVID-19 shots, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday, as the World Trade Organisation discussed waiving patent rights to boost supply to developing countries.
"The Secretary-General has often called for technology transfers and sharing of know-how and voluntary licensing or sharing of licensing," spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
WTO members are assessing signs of progress after seven months of talks on a proposal by South Africa and India to waive patent rights on COVID-19 vaccines. WTO decisions are based on consensus, so all 164 members must agree.
Some UN officials say the waiver discussion is a distraction and an ideological fight that won't solve the problem of how to scale up vaccine manufacturing.
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Biden is nuts on suspending patents.
Screw UN
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Uh, NO, idiot! Here’s how it works. A company spends money to develop a product. It then sells the product for money, and recoups its initial expense and realizes a profit, which increases the net value of the company, and is used to pay expenses and salaries.
In a communist country it works the way this idiot and the main idiot puppet man biden want it to work.
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