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wmil on Aug 1, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ebola vaccine is 'potential game-changer'

Putting it in the public domain sounds great, but someone needs to conduct the human trials needed to make it safe and effective. They aren't cheap and producing a vaccine carries huge liability risks.

nshepperd on Aug 1, 2015 [–]

Someone like... the government that already spent millions developing it?

datashaman on Aug 1, 2015 | [–]

and how do governments get their money?

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