Welcome to the first of an ongoing occasional series of bonus material for Podcast for Inquiry subscribers. Leslie’s Diatribes will be a sounding board for Leslie to fulminate on topics he is passionate about. Today’s topic is vaccine patents. Covid-19 vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives globally - but the decision of governments to grant patents to pharmaceutical firms for research that was performed by public entities or funded with public money mystifies and infuriates Leslie.

The opinions expressed in this episode are Leslie’s, and do not represent CFIC or any other organization.

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