name the “others” opposed to the waiver! Someone name them, it’s always mysterious anonymous advisors https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/03/us/politics/biden-coronavirus-vaccine-patents.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/0...

after all the bullshit about how the global south doesn’t have “capacity”, and the TRIPS waiver is a “side show” and a “distraction” and it’s really “complex” and how the real problem is “corruption” in poor countries this is all the opposition to patent suspensions comes down to

what& #39;s noteworthy is how little Big Pharma& #39;s talking points have changed. When 39 drugmakers sued South Africa in 1998 for manufacturing unsanctioned generic AIDS drugs, they, like today, argued IP was a non sequitur and that the real issue was capacity in poor countries.

A 2000 episode of The West Wing was even kind enough to turn this racist and cruel Pharma talking point into a dramatic plot beat

TOBY: africans cannot tell time
[cue dramatic music]
JOSH: I was wrong to think cheap AIDS medication was a good idea

[cut to All State commercial]