Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-02-28 18:17:38 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 0C7E839644954F87C47111ED6AB550BAA920E6C2F8E3D02910ECD0B8D3A88C2B
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Original Note:
This claim is false. Moderna licensed certain technology for the vaccines and paid royalties to three parties: NIH, Scripps, and Dartmouth. The relevant patent discloses the inventors, and does not include Dr. Fauci. https://patents.google.com/patent/WO2018081318A1/en https://investors.modernatx.com/news/news-details/2023/Moderna-Reports-Fourth-Quarter-and-Fiscal-Year-2022-Financial-Results-and-Provides-Business-Updates/default.aspx https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/23/science/moderna-covid-vaccine-patent-nih.html
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