Re: NYTimes.com: Rich Countries Signed Away a Chance to Vaccinate the World

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: heather Howard <http://www.gmail.com/~hhoward40>
 > Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:28:32 -0700
 >
 > Yeah it’s always about money.  

This is definitely the disadvantage of not having a one-world government.
The only reason U.S. government officials pushed for a vaccine in the
first place was because of the democratic process.  But, there is no such
process on an international scale.  (I guess we should all be happy that
democracy still works as well as it does in this single country as it
does.  You could easily imagine this government not bothering with any
vaccination program and just leaving it to the open market.)

 > > On Mar 21, 2021, at 11:52 AM, Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>  wrote:
 > > 
 > > patents
 > > 
 > > On Sun, 21 Mar 2021, heather Howard wrote:
 > >> 
 > >> Can we please remember the rest of the world?  This disease is not going
 > >> anywhere.  This is a global problem.  #fightvaccinenationalism
 > >> 
 > >>> From The New York Times:
 > >> 
 > >> Rich Countries Signed Away a Chance to Vaccinate the World
 > >> 
 > >> Despite warnings, American and European officials gave up leverage that could
 > >> have guaranteed access for billions of people. That risks prolonging the
 > >> pandemic.
 > >> 
 > >> https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/21/world/vaccine-patents-us-eu.html?smid=em-share