How Vaccine Patents are Extending the Pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHxV_YURY28&t=1441s This video is just pure gold, just listen to some high points: - Moderna vaccine ... was developed by a company with zero prior registered products ... for tax payer money - Invention != innovation - "Vaccine apartheid" - Even if we take profiteering and politics out of the equation - the biggest hurdle is production ... and distribution - By the end of 2021, enough vaccines produced to cover ~80% of global population - Vaccines piling up in the rich countries - COVAX failed, big pharma profiteering ... made the total cost of vaccination 5x - Vaccine nationalism - rich countries ordering 3-5x times the required vaccines via early deals with much lower prices - COVAX ... is now a charitable aid scheme - Pledge donations are bullshit (USA donated only 23% of what it pledged) - Very often pledged vaccines ... have very close expiration dates like 3-4 weeks - A scheme based on technology sharing ... was drowned out - Bill Gates foundation ... behind 2 partnerships controlling COVAX - Hence the control of intellectual property =) - A push for WTO and lowering borders in the 90s ... dictated by de-industrialization of the West - In pharma patents apply not only on the process ... but also on RESULTS (i.e. the molecule) via TRIPS agreement (yeah, I even studied this at the University, but I don't remember anything, because it was boring and not very hands on) - South Africa rebelled by passing a local law enabling local production of anti AIDS medicine ... and obvious things happened ... their law was repelled - WTO COVID patent waiver ... supported by the majority of countries in the world ... was bogged down by rich countries What saddens me, is that though he acknowledges the existence of Sputnik V, he fails to adequately cover it, e.g. the fact that it does not require -70C for storage. I could not find any proper global Sputnik V vaccination data even on a proper official multi-lingual website (https://sputnikvaccine.com/), but looks like these figures are somehow backed by the start of production in many countries. Though the top Google search seems to be devoid of any official data, only allegations by American think tanks. What saddens me ever more ... that the official Sputnik V YouTube channel has videos ... with less than 1000 views! Comrade major, please make better propaganda, this is ridiculous. The website and infographics are amazing though. I also talked to some guy in India, and he said that Sputnik V was offered, but for like US$10 as a premium option, which sucks, but it still has good reputation. __________________________ What is your experience with Sputnik V in your country (I did get my 3 shorts - 2 original shots + 1 Sputnik light booster FOR FREE in Russia, no real side-effects, just had sleep over the initial shot due to high temperature, 37-38C). So, do you still believe in Western values? I believe this video is very indicative of how the West treats other peoples and its own.