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1. simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.cc)'s status on Thursday, 06-May-2021 18:01:44 EDT simsa03
   Julian Borger & Patrick Wintour, "US-Germany rift as Berlin opposes plan to ditch Covid vaccine patents" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/06/us-germany-rift-covid-vaccine-patent-waivers
   
   « Any WTO decision on a waiver would have to be by consensus, so Germany opposition is a major obstacle to intellectual property rights on vaccines being suspended. »
   
   [Very good.]
   1. simsa03 (simsa03@gnusocial.cc)'s status on Thursday, 06-May-2021 18:09:01 EDT simsa03

      in reply to
      Carl O'donnell & Manas Mishra, "Moderna sees no impact on COVID-19 vaccine from potential patent waiver" https://gnusocial.cc/url/542777
      
      « Moderna, which said in October it would not enforce patents on its vaccine during the pandemic, noted the lack of companies able to rapidly scale up complex manufacturing of a similar vaccine to meet surging global demand. »
      
      [Has there been any boost in vaccine production due to Moderna's decision not to enforce its patent during the pandemic? I really doubt it.]