Jonas Salk didn’t patent his 1955 polio vaccine so that it would be affordable for all people. As a result, he lost an estimated 7 billion dollars. Saying in an interview: “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

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image showing Jonas Salk didn’t patent his 1955 polio vaccine so that it would be affordable for all people. As a result, he lost an estimated 7 billion dollars. Saying in an interview: “There is no patent. Could you patent the sun?”

DubiousSquid_ on December 30th, 2019 at 04:10 UTC »

Men and women like Jonas Salk deserve more attention. Imagine a world without these scientists, doctors, researchers, etc.

Spoiler: it'd be awful.

74serieschip on December 30th, 2019 at 04:26 UTC »

Jonas Salk I think is one of the most important people of the 20th century.

He prevented countless deaths and lifelong ailments with his vaccine

ahtasva on December 30th, 2019 at 07:31 UTC »

For a better example of moral fortitude in the medical field , lookup Frederick Banting; probably one of the most stand up guys ever. Patented insulin and sold it to the University of Toronto for one Canadian dollar because he felt it would be immoral to profit from a live saving drug. His words at the time were “ Insulin belongs to the world; not to me” When the Nobel committee awarded him the price for medicine and excluded his collaborator , McLeod, he announced publicly that he would share the prize and the money with McLeod.