Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

But the current situation with mRNA vaccines is genuine scarcity. There are logistical barriers that I don’t fully understand that constrain the companies’ ability to produce the shots. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 11, 2021 Hibernated

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

I don’t really understand the putative Covid vaccine IP issue. In a typical “poor countries vs pharma” situation the medicine is not actually scarce, just expensive due to patent monopoly. So opening the IP makes it affordable to poor countries and poor people. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 11, 2021 Hibernated

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If India (or whichever other country) has some solution to that logistical problem that would allow for more doses of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine to be manufactured, then it seems like there should be a straightforward licensing deal. If they don’t, the patents won’t help. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted April 11, 2021 Hibernated