It’s Time for the U.S. to Step Up and Help Get the World Vaccinated

Why an intellectual property waiver isn’t the solution

James Surowiecki
Medium Coronavirus Blog
6 min readMay 7, 2021

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When the Biden administration, in a surprise reversal, announced this week that it would support the waiver of intellectual property rights connected to Covid-19 vaccines, the announcement was hailed as a huge step in the fight to contain the global Covid…

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James Surowiecki
Medium Coronavirus Blog

I’m the author of The Wisdom of Crowds. I’ve been a business columnist for Slate and The New Yorker and written for a wide range of other publications.