Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the remainder of the pandemic (2020)

Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema... by ignoramous on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:23AM (#26942247)

I didn't mean it in the way you put it, tbh. I meant to highlight the position of privilege the West is in. I just stated what I feel like when I see those tweets, compounded by the reports of the richer countries hoarding vaccines. Canada has procured 8 vaccines per person? Similar figures for the US, the UK, Germany and elsewhere.

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Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema... by nerdponx on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:56AM (#26943159)

You seem to have struck a nerve with this one.

I really hate the term "white fragility", but when I see posts like this heavily downvoted and flagged I can't think of a better explanation.

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Re:Moderna waiving Intellectual Property rights for the rema... by ignoramous on Monday April 26, 2021 @11:14AM (#26943380)

I know. The behaviour here also kind of explains why you couldn't trust White dudes to follow-up on their promise of diversity in tech, either. It is hard to face uncomfortable PoVs when it is easy to silence them from a position of privilege, which you and I know is going to be abused every single time. Kind of makes me sad.

On twitter, when I pointed out to a White tech bro that they were endorsing [and donating to] an Indian right-wing militant org, they simply shrugged it off as hard to understand [what's right] from afar. I mean, the org was knee-deep in anti-Muslim riots in the Capital just a year ago. The tweet and the endorsement still stands on their timeline like a slap in the face when the bro's own personal blog says they're all-in for "empathy and diversity". From my PoV, I take it that they refused to be "corrected" by a non-White dude, and that their fragile ego is hurt.

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