Disagree. We should be honest. IT IS A ZERO-SUM GAME. Vaccine manufacturers are not able to meet demand. Production is already maxed out. If we hoard or have vaccines expire rather than share, that doesn't make it a non zero-sum game, it just makes us morally bankrupt.https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1438103141216575490 …
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I'm not disagreeing that boosters may well be indicated for the elderly and the immunocompromised. J&J needs a booster. But, let's not lie to ourselves. SUPPLY IS LIMITED. A third dose here is a first dose denied to someone else. Whatever we choose, that is just plain reality.
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Lúcás Meier
Yep. That is not the case whatsoever. Look, I understand nations make such choices. There are groups for whom a third shot can provide a measurable benefit, and I'm not begrudging any individual at risk wanting one. Of course. But it *is* a zero-sum game.https://twitter.com/cronokirby/status/1438115186813063173 …
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zeynep tufekci Retweeted Diego Bez.
I've been writing, begging whatever little I can do since the beginning that we should do *whatever* we can do to increase supply—waiving patents is "thoughts and prayers", not enough—and to be serious about dose sparing and prioritizing. But here we are.https://twitter.com/Diegobez/status/1438117288331431950 …
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Diego Bez. @DiegobezI wish we don't see the vaccine supply as an inevitably-limited supply.I'd like to see more effort in increasing that supply. It's "just" a (not huge)money problem, a problem that should not be left to private company's decision. It's a public health matter, live or die decisions https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1438115805342932997 …5 replies 18 retweets 172 likesShow this thread -
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Seems like it's more than thoughts and prayers.pic.twitter.com/HJp8pD1UB6
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Some vaccines (like the Chinese ones you highlight above) are indeed easier to produce, and even those above did not happen by merely opening up the technology. Also, I think of the above, only Argentina is real with localization: the rest are headlines and, so far, vaporware.
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What people keep missing is that waiving patents is nice on paper, but *by itself*, it will get you headlines and not much more. We needed aggressive government-led action which included, among other things, commandeering/building capacity and mandating directed-production.
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Commandeering and building capacity and mandating production requires IP waivers. I wish people opposing IP waivers would be honest about the barriers instead of using straw men.
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