@02ecde16
Fucking Amen. If there's anything to be learned, its precisely the opposite of "academics are more effective in industry" - the intellectual property regime of for profit science actively prevented the rest of the world from being able to manufacture and access the vaccines. It is a bad thing that two companies manufactured all the mRNA vaccines, as opposed to putting that tech in the public domain and actively assisting with tech transfer. 

If theres one thing we learned from  https://www.peoplesvent.org/en/latest/ it was just how strongly the medical intellectual property and liability regime is designed to favor profit at the expense of health 

 @ab7cf35b 

I am always reminded me of the quip from the great Jonas Salk (after he synthesized the polio vaccine): “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” 

 @02ecde16 @ab7cf35b The thought process that bridges "This technology could save millions of lives" and "I must immediately secure my sole right to profit from it" will never cease to astound and horrify me.