vegeta@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 4 months agoElon Musk is responsible for “killing the world’s poorest children,” says Bill Gatesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11
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minus-squareMajesticElevator@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoYour claim seems a bit BS. It was apparently to have a better distribution and quality. AstraZeneca claimed not to get profits from the vaccine sales. This seems kind of fair knowing that doses were sold at about $4 USD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford–AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine#Early_development - https://reliefweb.int/report/world/uk-donates-20-million-more-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccines-countries-need) Unless you’re talking about the side effects?
minus-squarepiyuv@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months ago4$ per dose is quite a lot of money for African countries. Not patenting it would allow them to create their own, which he blocked based on bullshit reasoning.
Your claim seems a bit BS. It was apparently to have a better distribution and quality.
AstraZeneca claimed not to get profits from the vaccine sales. This seems kind of fair knowing that doses were sold at about $4 USD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford–AstraZeneca_COVID-19_vaccine#Early_development - https://reliefweb.int/report/world/uk-donates-20-million-more-oxford-astrazeneca-vaccines-countries-need)
Unless you’re talking about the side effects?
4$ per dose is quite a lot of money for African countries. Not patenting it would allow them to create their own, which he blocked based on bullshit reasoning.