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by daughart 1776 days ago
Why take the time to argue a point that's easily disproven?

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/may/12/jerome-cor...

Fauci isn't an inventor or owner of any COVID vaccine patents.

Even if Fauci was an inventor on them, his patents would be owned by the Federal Government. By Federal Law, inventors of government patents are entitled to a maximum royalty of $150k/year.

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> Why take the time to argue a point that's easily disproven?

>> I've heard that Dr. Fauci is a partial owner on some patents

> Fauci isn't an inventor or owner of any COVID vaccine patents.

Why take the time to argue a tiny subpoint of my point, by erecting a strawman and linking to a fact checker that is political by its very nature..

Which spends the first half of the page attempting to discredit the supposed author of the point, and then, hilariously, admits that, in fact, Fauci is listed as inventor of at least four patents, even if possibly unrelated to COVID-19 vaccines etc, and the so-called fact checker even said they actually reached out to NIAID for comment on those patents and never heard back.

You know that all US parents are published, after approximately 1 year, in publicly searchable databases, right? I’m sure NIAID had better things to do… like fighting a pandemic.

The real question is why you are so afraid of the vaccine, so as to promote FUD? Or is it just displaced fear from a virus demonstrating that you’re not quite as in charge of your life as you thought?