An Open Letter to Pharma Companies
I can only imagine how much money and energy it takes to invest in a vaccine - particularly for the COVID-19 vaccine. I imagine tired scientists working round the clock in a race against time.
Whoever comes up first with an effective, stable and safe vaccine against COVID-19 surely can feel good about and be proud of themselves and probably stand a chance to rake in billions of dollars from that discovery. This particular vaccine could have the company set for the next fifty, maybe one hundred years.
This particular vaccine could have the company set for the next fifty, maybe one hundred years.
But here's an appeal to the executives and the board of the pharma company(ies) that will come up with the first effective and safe vaccine against COVID-19 - "please hand out a FREE license on your patent to other reliable, ethical and responsible pharma companies for at least the next 2 years. This will allow all men, women and children of all nations despite their economic conditions to have access to your effective and safe vaccines at a reasonable price - maybe even for free!"
I know this seems to make no business sense.
But this isn't the time for business-men. This is the time for humane-men.
This isn't the time to make as much MONEY as one can. This is the time to make as many HUMANS SAFE from COVID-19 as one can possibly can.
This isn't the time to establish and protect the future of ONE company. This IS the time to protect the future of HUMANITY.
This is not the time to secure one's work and way of life . This is the time to give humanity back its opportunity to work and earn money, to embrace and kiss loved ones-as often as they want, to be close to each other once again - to bring humanity back to everyone in the world.
Dear pharma companies - the world is watching you. It can owe you big time. Or it can justify once and for all its contempt and grudge towards many of you- if not all of you.
Remember, the world is waiting - and watching.
Are you going to be good business-men or are you going to be humane?
Are you going to make huge profits or are you going to make an indelible and enduring legacy?
The choice is yours. And we will KNOW you by your choice.