[naasking]

> I seem to recall tussles over where poorer countries would be able to just manufacture copies of the Pfizer, Moderna or Astra-Zeneca vaccine locally, without permission from the IP holders. What ended up happening with that?

Bill Gates convinced them not to free up the IP. No joke.

[akiselev]

Well of course, biocompatible 5G chips are no joke! They'd be crazy to give that kind of IP away.