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by mytailorisrich 2285 days ago
> ... for the sake of humanity.

Considering the actions of the US government in Germany, and most probably the actions of other governments, I'd say for the sake of national interests, not humanity.

I'd be happy to be proven wrong, though: When a vaccine is found I'm sure the government/company behind it will make available to the world for free...
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kathe-rine 2285 days ago
Actions of governments != actions of the people
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mytailorisrich 2285 days ago
Governments and corporations are in control of this, not individuals.
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adventured 2285 days ago
Inside of governments and corporations are individuals making all of those decisions. There is a buck and it stops with an individual on a decision, or a couple of individuals at most.

That's how a national emergency gets declared. The President decides to go forward with it. If California declares a state of emergency, it's the governor that has the final say:

https://www.gov.ca.gov/2020/03/04/governor-newsom-declares-s...

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mytailorisrich 2285 days ago
And we're back to my first comment...
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hans_castorp 2284 days ago
> When a vaccine is found I'm sure the government/company behind it will make available to the world for free.

I am pretty sure the U.S. government (or actually Trump) will not do that. He will make the world pay dearly for that.

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busymom0 2283 days ago
That news about him trying to buy exclusive from the German company was false news and even the company itself put out a statement that it’s false and it never happened. Media very conveniently didn’t report the correction.
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piokoch 2284 days ago
That's not Trump-only propensity. German government has confiscated all 3M masks from 3M European distribution center (obviously they didn't literally confiscated them, they just said that they are the only one who can buy them), they didn't care that, say, Italy needs them more.

But I don't blame Germany at all, there came a time where people can see what is important and if economy of their country is healthy - it produces everything people need and if it really make sense to outsource all production elsewhere just to save a few bucks and if the government they elected is able to handle situation.

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seanmcdirmid 2284 days ago
Ya, I agree but it doesn’t seem sane or advantageous at all.
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