"An IP waiver won't change anything" is to smart Aspen Ideas types in 2021 what "Covid is no worse than the flu" was to smart CPAC types in 2020.
The great thing is if you don't bother engaging with any of the arguments or data, you can just repeat the same three or four talking points while the bodies pile up.
A reminder: We have sufficient manufacturing capacity to get the entire planet close to herd immunity this year — 12 billion doses or more — but half of it is standing idle. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… 
Compulsory licensing has barely been used in a decade and wouldn't be useful in this case anyway because of all the valid objections about non-patent IP that's necessary for these drugs.
IP law changes are the way to open up more voluntary licensing, not an end in themselves.
IP law changes are the way to open up more voluntary licensing, not an end in themselves.
People should open themselves up to the possibility that the director-general of the WTO and the U.S. Trade Representative *might* know more about how trade works than your average hot take merchant does: reuters.com/article/us-tra…
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