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Re:Oxford pledged to donate rights to their Covid Vaccine, t... by bradleyjg on Sunday January 24, 2021 @10:43AM (#25892900)
The current approach used by the NIH is a response to the failures of socialism. The Bayh–Dole Act was passed in 1980 and signed by noted right winger Jimmy Carter.

Advocating for central planning in 2021 is like advocating for NoSQL—-lots of pretty arguments vs the overwhelming weight of real world evidence.

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Re:Oxford pledged to donate rights to their Covid Vaccine, t... by CydeWeys on Monday January 25, 2021 @12:43PM (#25906189)
We've never remotely had anything akin to socialism in the US. The USSR, China, Cuba, Venezuela, yes, absolutely. But neither socialism nor communism were ever used here in the US.
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