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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Edison made his fortune by using his financial power to claim exclusive economic right to the technologies developed by other people. China made this vaccine openly available and provided it to a number of poor countries while the US and its partners were restricting the use of their own vaccines. One of the mechanisms used by the US et al to restrict supply was IP laws they had previously foisted on other countries, which is the Edison thing to do in this situation.