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Covid-19 has supercharged innovation in the status quo
Ramalingam and Prabhu 20 Ben Ramalingam- Overseas Development Institute, United Kingdom. Jaideep Prabhu University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. “Innovation, development and COVID-19: Challenges, opportunities and ways forward.” OECD. 1 December 2020. Link: https://www.oecd.org/coronavirus/policy-responses/innovation-development-and-covid-19-challenges-opportunities-and-ways-forward-0c976158/ JV
Waiving patent on COVID-19 vaccine would hurt innovation needed to combat future pandemics
Okutsu and Sharma 21 Akane Okutsu: Japan based reporter. Kiran Sharma: India based reporter. “Vaccine patent waiver: COVID stopper or innovation killer?” Nikkei Asia. 14 May 2021. Link: https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/COVID-vaccines/Vaccine-patent-waiver-COVID-stopper-or-innovation-killer JV
Medical innovation is crucial to prevent pandemics and mitigate economic harms during shut downs
Mulligan 21 Casey B. Mulligan– American economist and author. He is a Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago. “Economic activity and the value of medical innovation during a pandemic” Cambridge University Press. 9 June 2021. Link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-benefit-cost-analysis/article/economic-activity-and-the-value-of-medical-innovation-during-a-pandemic/864F8042F794D4417E64C643999C9280 JV
Pandemics are a non-linear, existential risk---encompasses AND outweighs other threats. Empirically proven by historic epidemics such as the Black Death and Spanish flu
Pamlin and Armstrong 15, Dennis Pamlin, Executive Project Manager Global Risks, Global Challenges Foundation, and Stuart Armstrong, James Martin Research Fellow, Future of Humanity Institute, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford, February 2015, “Global Challenges: 12 Risks that threaten human civilization: The case for a new risk category,” Global Challenges Foundation, p.30-93, https://api.globalchallenges.org/static/wp-content/uploads/12-Risks-with-infinite-impact.pdf Re DE EK