"Who will share the data again?"
That's a legit question that sadly has at least one sad precedent: an H5N1 (bird flu) outbreak in 2007 in Indonesia. Its government suddenly decided to stop sharing virus samples!
A short thread🧵 continues...
That's a legit question that sadly has at least one sad precedent: an H5N1 (bird flu) outbreak in 2007 in Indonesia. Its government suddenly decided to stop sharing virus samples!
A short thread🧵 continues...
https://twitter.com/Tuliodna/status/1467710039016325128
Moreover, Indonesia received strong support from developing countries towards this extreme (and dangerous) decision. They wanted to keep control of the intellectual property rights of the deadly strain of the virus.
The reason?
They noticed that papers and presentations were...
The reason?
They noticed that papers and presentations were...
...being published without the involvement of Indonesian scientists.
But what triggered the drastic decision was leaked information that arrived at them: an Australian company was developing a vaccine using Indonesian samples without their consent.
They argued that...
But what triggered the drastic decision was leaked information that arrived at them: an Australian company was developing a vaccine using Indonesian samples without their consent.
They argued that...
...such vaccines were intended for developed countries. And it seems they were right.
The @nytimes published a piece:
nytimes.com/2007/02/07/wor…
The @nytimes published a piece:
nytimes.com/2007/02/07/wor…
A huge diplomatic crisis broke out! And the global scientific debate was on fire. Luckily, after months of science diplomacy negotiation, the crisis was solved and Indonesia resume the sharing of viral samples.
The @CIDRAP reported the situation: cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…
The @CIDRAP reported the situation: cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspecti…
And the Indonesian version, including their (legit) reasons, resolution of issues, and conclusions, was finally published as an academic article
Official version of all this episode: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18618060/
Official version of all this episode: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18618060/
I think that there have been advances and lessons learned (e.g. the Nagoya Protocol), but considering the current situation (see Tulio's thread in the first tweet) it is needed further improvements in the access and benefit-sharing arising from genetic resources. End.
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