Cuba leads race for Latin American coronavirus vaccine
www.reuters.com
As Latin American nations test experimental coronavirus vaccines from across the globe and economic heavyweights such as Brazil and Mexico jockey for supply deals with major drugmakers, Communist-run Cuba already has two of its own vaccines in clinical trials.

Let's put aside that vaccines being researched in capitalist countries are heavily funded by the public, and all the capitalist system is doing is allowing a small group of people to profit off a publicly funded public good.

Cuba has 11 million people and yet they're in the race to find a vaccine. What kind of a mind fuck would it be if Cuba produces a vaccine? How much would this boost the reputation of socialism and what can be done if social good was a motive for innovation over profit and greed?

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "Actually, Cuba is a state capitalist country, so that vaccine is proof of-"

    that's when I punch them in the face.

    • Grimble [he/him,they/them]
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      4 years ago

      Cuba is only state capitalist when it does something I like. Otherwise it's communist

  • Gamer_time [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Cuba making the cure would be pretty "Poggers" as we G*mers would say.

  • iGem1n1 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    "Cuba’s ambitions may be challenged when researchers are ready to launch late-stage trials. Vaccines are more easily tested in places with rampant virus spread, but Cuba’s transmission rate is very low, with just about 500 confirmed active cases." - Suffering from Success

    • sexywheat [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      They joke in Cuba that if they were to develop the vaccine the US would let every single one of its citizens die before even considering importing it lol

  • SweetCheeks [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    i'm scared what the US will do now that communist countries increasingly start to showcase how much superior their systems are.

  • Pezevenk [he/him]
    2·
    4 years ago

    How much would this boost the reputation of socialism and what can be done if social good was a motive for innovation over profit and greed?

    Doubt much would change. They'd just say that their vaccine is bad akshually and that they only got it fast because they forced people to try it etc.

  • AssVanDerBot [none/use name]
    3·
    4 years ago

    A LARGE COMMUNIST ISLAND HAS ALREADY DISCOVERED THE CURE

    CHINA

    THE REST OF THE ISLAND WILL BELONG TO THEM

    SOON

  • richietozier4 [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    and the US won't get any of it because of the embargo :agony-turbo: :agony-turbo: :agony-turbo:

    • gay [any]
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      4 years ago

      Sure you'd send the post about Cuba back to c/latam you fucking racist bot SMH