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“The World’s COVID-19 Vaccine”
Some sauce: https://twitter.com/PeterHotez/status/1475839914910666767
Low-cost COVID vaccine technology, and they're giving it to the world. "No patent and no strings attached."
More: https://www.texaschildrens.org/texas-children%E2%80%99s-hospital-and-baylor-college-medicine-covid-19-vaccine-technology-secures-emergency
Some of the team:
https://www.texaschildrensglobalhealth.org/vaccine-development-team
Edit: Some credits I missed:
Baylor College of Medicine: https://www.bcm.edu/education/national-school-of-tropical-medicine
Biological E. Limited (BioE) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_E._Limited
NKato
And THIS is how Texas can be awesome. Not the shit for brains politicians who keep trying to kill their own voters.
HeroThatWasNeeded
I've met Dr. Hotez, a genuinely great scientist, scholar and gentleman.
peterdbarnes360
From CA to TX with tears and joy: WE AREN'T WORTHY!
jbulldozer
Hey look, we aren't total shitbags! Yay!
Qmanchu62
Sum of them thar people sounds lack forners. Git a rope.
lifeofsue9
The best thing so far in 2021!
ballsmcnadfrop
I thought Texas just makes beefs
ShirleyYouCantBcereus
https://www.tmc.edu
LadyLatte
Statues of these people please!
Grimvarr
Way to go Texas? Never thought I'd say that tbh ... Honestly though, this is fabulous.
ImmortalChild
Holy shitballs, this is amazing.
TI99Kitty
Holy shit, this is amazeballs!
circlebreaker
This just made my day, and it's 01:45. Huge freaking news!
ImmortalChild
I just remembered I had accolades! I got goosebumps reading the link..
DoYouWantAntsBecauseThatsHowYouGetAnts
I saw Texas and immediately assumed the worst
Thereminista
That, my friends, is how a pandemic is supposed to be handled, managed, and conquered. Keep the effin' big business paws out of it.
PDXairportCarpetFan
Yeah Pfizer, Johnson and Johnson, CDC and Moderna are meeting in a smoke filled room right now.
3nd3rwiggin
Even coming from Texas the anti-vax crowd will still find ways to criticize it.
HeraldofOmega
No patent? No obscene profits? Sounds un-American!
RickO3611
More of this and less heartless grinding greed pls
mcharend
Can’t say enough about the people at TCH. They cured my daughter from cancer with professionalism and love 17 years ago. 1/2
mcharend
My daughter’s attending oncologist was at her doctoral defense from the Pasteur Institute this past summer. 2/2
QuartzPoker
Perfect! Thank you to everyone involved with this.
trippingthelightfantastic
More sauce :) https://www.bcm.edu/
The701
Thank you. ?I posted quick, and missed giving full credit to everyone. And I know there are still more I've missed. They deserve so much.
SirBeercules
I can’t wait for my cousin to still tell me there’s not enough research to get this version of the COVID vaccine either
RunawaySpoons
Okay, WOW, but also double wow that it came out of Texas. Good people doing great work regardless of how the state is run. Amazing!
ShirleyYouCantBcereus
Most ppl don’t know that Texas has the largest medical center in the world. Source: I’m a biomedical scientist that has worked w/ labs there
BrokeMyFunnyBone
Texas has turned purple. Lots of cities filled with liberals, though local government in Texas is still hella conservative.
theBasilisker
Wait no patent.... What Stops me or anyone from just putting up a patent for it?
suomynonA
Public domain. Free for everyone to use, can't patent it.
xiachunyi
Prior Art. By publicly publishing the information some random person trying to claim a patent will fail the requirement of originality.
noobtousernames
To donate to Texas children's hospital's vaccine development go to https://give.texaschildrens.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=00000000.app200
Shade169
odd hearing something positive combined with the word texas
rodcon
I agree with this statement and I’m from Texas.
ShirleyYouCantBcereus
https://www.tmc.edu
LadyLatte
So Texas ain’t all bad?!
whywasmyusernametakengrrrr
No place is all bad, like Chicago, all I ever hear about is the murders but I see plenty of good shit here too
LadyLatte
I feel the same way about my city. I love Philly and take it with all its wonderful bits and challenges.
GlobalImageServiceCat
IIRC, Dr Peter Hotez has received numerous death threads from MAGA and anit-vaxxers.
idontenglishsorry
No wonders
SocialismForTheRichCapitalismForThePoor
Texas republicans heads just exploded.
an0therthr0waway
hopefully
datphone777365
shit mine did, i had less then bottom of a shit barrel expectations for anything involving the abortion bounty state. well damn.
TheWombatStrikesAgain
"Seeing this socialist takeover, we sent the national guard to invade the place and install a new leader that respects capitalism."
springelmogizmo
big pharma gonna be big mad about this.
Raspun
Not really, this caters to an underserved demographic that big pharma doesn't care much about. Doesn't hurt their bottom line so wont upset.
springelmogizmo
then why lie about it? https://inthesetimes.com/article/pfizer-moderna-vaccine-apartheid-trips-waiver-wto-intellectual-property-patents
mintakka
Literally not at all
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
KillerTofu69
InfinitusEquitas
Would be better if they were dead.
ImurevJourhein
I'd recommend they commit seppuku in protest!
SteveMND
YoloSwagginsAndTheKnightsOfTheRoundTable
Lol no they aren't
Whitebeardthepirate
if it comforts you, picture all of them dying, waking up in hell, with no money, and no way to get money. Imagine their minds snapping.
Shaodyn
Big Pharma can die mad about it, as far as I'm concerned.
DubhIainn
Actually, I wish everyone who wants to produce a vaccine good luck and much success. It's not as easy as just following the steps.
DubhIainn
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