Nobody remembers on whose watch Dr. Jonas Salk developed the Polio vaccine. We just remember (and we must) that this #vaccine brought down a world-spread, cruel disease.

Nobody remembers Franklin D. Roosevelt or Harry Truman for the support they gave to the previous research.
When Dr. Salk was asked who owned the patent of this vaccine, he said: "The people I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?"

The Polio vaccine patent is calculated to be worth $7 billion had it been patented.
It may be naive to think that Moderna or Pfizer would give up to patent their respective vaccines. But it is only right to expect that no president of any country would take credit for that.

Again, what do I know? 🤷‍♀️
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