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Americans Can Now Expect to Live Three Years Less than Cubans (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] -2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

However, the creation of COVID vaccines was not difficult.

Looking at the shitfest around the vaccines in the west i would say otherwise, including how they refuse to release the patents.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    The ones you had to wait for in the west were mRNA vaccines. They are newer, more complicated, and in theory customisable to a wider range of infections. While I'd love to see these opened up and used for their full potential I can see why the pharma corps don't want that.

    While I haven't looked, I'll bet that the Cuban ones were"simply" using a deactivated virus - which is less effective and especially less effective against mutated strains.

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