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schema@lemmy.world 6 months agoWhich vaccine did he patent? As far as I remember he only spoke out for not lifting ongoing patents on the vaccines, and then revered course as criticism grew bigger.
Comment on Microchips
schema@lemmy.world 6 months agoWhich vaccine did he patent? As far as I remember he only spoke out for not lifting ongoing patents on the vaccines, and then revered course as criticism grew bigger.
uzay@infosec.pub 6 months ago
Even before any of the vaccines were finished, there were plans to not grant them any patent protection so they can be produced and distributed as widely as possible. Gates and his foundation lobbied hard against that and instead came up with the bullshit plan to have rich countries buy vaccines for poor countries, which helped no one but the insane profits of the pharma companies. In the case of the vaccine developed with public funding by the Oxford University, Gates actively talked them out of releasing it with an open license, so they sold it to AstraZeneca instead.
wired.com/…/opinion-the-world-loses-under-bill-ga…
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 6 months ago
RocketBoots@programming.dev 6 months ago
Don’t waste your breath. I’m done with this platform. I hoped it would deliver what reddit couldn’t, but I was wrong.
I don’t think I’ll ever find another platform that encouraged such measured responses. Every thing is either team red or team blue. I just hate how much people are willing ignore so their side can win. Maybe that’s just all of the internet now. That’s fine, it’s just that it’s no longer for me.
LemmysMum@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Jaigoda@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I find it strange that you’ve said this to one of the only comments that actually provided quotes of multiple articles that weren’t just opinion pieces. It’s also a bit odd that you’re “done with this platform” due to a relatively centrist position that mostly amounts to “it doesn’t seem like Bill Gates is James Bond Supervillain level evil.”
In fact, generally both the blue and red “teams” (of the US) kinda hate Gates, just for different reasons. Someone coming out, reading the article linked by the comment that they’re responding to, and then providing reasonable counter-evidence is actually a bit of a breath of fresh air compared to typical Reddit or Lemmy, or the internet in general for that matter.
And to be clear, I really don’t have a stake in the game here. I’m mildly interested to see whether Gates is as bad as others in this thread are saying, but coming into it I didn’t really have much of an opinion one way or the about the guy. Now, I’m just curious what has made you feel that the commenter you responded to couldn’t deliver what Reddit somehow did or does.
little_hermit@lemmus.org 6 months ago
You should stick to this platform over Reddit solely because you don’t get silenced here for your opinion when it conflicts with fragile, self-important moderators. Blue team / Red team is the natural tendency of all contentious issues, not the fault of the platform.
Lev_Astov@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s just social media in general.