“...why should people or companies own a disease in the first place? They didn’t invent it. Yet today, more than 20 human pathogens are privately owned...”
If someone owns a disease that I affecting me, can I take legal action against them because they are not controlling what they own and it’s harming me? After all, if someone’s dog bites me I may be able to sue them or even have them arrested. Same goes (some places at least) if I slip on ice that’s on someone’s open to the public property.
That is indeed brilliant (not sarcasm). A precedent like that would fix the entire problem in 24 hours.