[cycomanic]

That's quite big (and great) news. Many people have been arguing that this should be done so that labs in e.g. India could legally produce the vaccine in particular for countries outside the rich western countries.

This is also much in the interest of the rich western countries, because quicker immunization worldwide reduces the risk of new mutations.

Let's see if the others will follow.

[aeonflux]

October 8, 2020

[cycomanic]

Yes I had not heard about it before, I guess we see if there will be any actual effects of this.

[sumedh]

India is already producing the AstraZeneca vaccine.