tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post6044770991929071438..comments2024-03-09T04:13:53.858-06:00Comments on Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning LinksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-5498430580421889042021-04-10T10:45:44.588-06:002021-04-10T10:45:44.588-06:00Definitely a fair point PLG. While Lindeman's ...Definitely a fair point PLG. While Lindeman's identification of the problem doesn't necessarily imply that flawed and limited view of the solution, it's certainly problematic that she doesn't expand on anything other than kissing up to big pharma as an option.Greg Fingashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01506686081291502115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-34226786268497776992021-04-09T10:43:03.047-06:002021-04-09T10:43:03.047-06:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08051332617580716186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11282727.post-77886816763534558012021-04-08T12:06:38.962-06:002021-04-08T12:06:38.962-06:00That Tracy Lindeman article is interesting, in tha...That Tracy Lindeman article is interesting, in that it makes some fairly solid points and then introduces some major misinformation that's typically American. That is, it discusses the lack of domestic vaccine manufacturing capability in purely private sector terms and basically concludes that we don't have domestic capability because we don't let the multinationals profiteer enough--we don't give good enough deals on patents, the Canadian government uses its leverage as a buyer to keep prices lower and such. This is ridiculous both in that it's not applicable (that would explain whether multinationals were willing to sell things in Canada, not where they felt like locating manufacturing facilities) and in that it ignores the real reason, which is that we had a public sector company that did what we need and we got rid of it due to free market ideology. So of course the article concludes that if only we would bend and spread 'em a bit wider for Big Pharma, they'd have manufacturing in Canada. BS.<br />The public sector doing useful things is an elephant American columnists can rarely see in a room.Purple library guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01930984683714519212noreply@blogger.com