Should a Covid vaccine be patented/proprietary or open/shared worldwide ? why/not ?
World Health Leaders Stress Need For Sharing of Vaccines
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I'm a little split on this one...the cost of developing such a vaccine is enormous...I suppose as long as all the countries in the world share the cost of the development, production and distribution it should be open and shared but if the world won't help bear the burden of the cost then it gets to be patented and sold.
lerlo
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May 17, 2020
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This is a whole world pandemic, not to share any vaccine with the whole world equally would be immoral.
Marionville
Level 10
May 17, 2020
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Business (big pharma) decisions (and Trump decisions) are rarely based on morality.
@FearlessFly I am acutely aware of that fact....the question you posed was should it be shared...the answer is yes. Will it be though? Quite a different question.
This is what happens when demand for health treatments soar!
[nytimes.com]
Only in today’s climate would that even be a question. What has happened to our humanity?! 
Apunzelle
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May 17, 2020
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It is hard to imagine Trump wanting to 'share', but I can imagine other countries as well (Russia, China).
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