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    1. When Jonas Salk, inventor of the polio vaccine, was asked by Edward Murrow in 1955 (April 12) on the United States CBS television show See It Now the question “Who owns the patent on this vaccine?”, he replied “Well, the people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?” The campaign for the development of that vaccine was also a communal effort, largely trialled by recruited volunteers and supported by many public donations.

    1. AstraZeneca takes next steps towards broad and equitable access to Oxford University’s COVID-19 vaccine. https://www.astrazeneca.com/media-centre/press-releases/2020/astrazeneca....
    1. Waive Covid vaccine patents to put world on war footing. https://www.who.int/news-room/commentaries/detail/waive-covid-vaccine-pa....
    1. Sparrow E.; Wood J. G.; Chadwick C.; Newall A. T.; Torvaldsen S.; Moen A.; Torelli G. Global production capacity of seasonal and pandemic influenza vaccines in 2019. Vaccine 2021, 39 (3), 512–520. 10.1016/j.vaccine.2020.12.018. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. For example possible “middle ways” that have been suggested by others in the few days that this was in proof see:
    2. HHS is urged to use its patents for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine to widen global access. https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2021/03/25/covid19-coronavirus-vaccni....
    3. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e937afbfd7a75746167b39c/t/605c7d....
    4. DG calls on COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers to increase production in developing countries. https://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news21_e/dgno_09mar21_e.htm.

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