With bird flu currently one of the most feared pandemics to hit the World, killing many people already in Indonesia, an Australian drug company has developed a vacine. Incredibly the reaction of the Indonesial Government is to claim intellectual copyright over the strain of the virus used and instead of being so glad that a cure is now available they want to claim royalties on the disease.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1837683.htm
Don't you think that this is bizarre grusome and incredibly greedy?
2007-02-02 07:47:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
It is bizarre, very very stupid, but more odd than greedy.
So if I was a scientist in Indonesia could I apply for a grant to create some microbe that would spread in pandemic proportions and kill everyone in its path?
This government functionary probably drools with envy when he/she thinks of the Black Death (the Plague) that decimated Europe in the Middle Ages.
2007-02-02 08:24:30 · answer #1 · answered by Brett T 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because Bird Flu cannot spread from Human to Human.
2016-05-24 05:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Cheryl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unbelievable. Wow.
2007-02-02 07:50:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mommymonster 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Its a very strange affaire! Some Governments just seem to consider one upmanship despite the suffering of their people;
2007-02-02 07:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by huggz 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah thats very greedy.
2007-02-02 07:55:02 · answer #5 · answered by precious 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a Muslim country, what you expect from Muslims?
2007-02-02 07:50:54 · answer #6 · answered by DECEMBER 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋