Here we are, more than a year into the pandemic and with millions dead around the globe, and still there is no waiver of intellectual property (IP) protections for COVID-19 vaccines. It's disgusting.
My wife spent a ton of time and effort trying to get us both vaccinated before mid March so we could go on vacation. It was so maddening and screwed up and frustrating that she almost lost it several times.
Digresion: She was, in her time, a team leader leading teams who did audits of the largest US and US headquartered multinational corporations.
The last time the government rushed out a vaccine for a viral epidemic was the 1976 swine flu scare, and that ended with numerous permanently damaged or dead individuals due to faulty vaccines.
there is an article in "Der Spiegel" about a vaccine that could help against the covid-19 virus. It's behind a paywall, but the beginning I can read:
Still early but...the FDA and CDC realizing that their reputations are at stake are flying through an accelerated vaccine production program.
@JtC (are their ways to embed a yes/no counter in an essay page?)
This is an automated translation of the German article of "Der Spiegel - Science"
here. (I did not edit it)
The risky race of the pharmaceutical companies
SOSNSBSB--Illness Edition!
Something/Someone Old
My Something Old today is influenza! You can guess why.
