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this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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Oh, darn. The kids only get $2 billion. From what I've seen, he's been making good on his pledges so far, solving international health crises and such. I get strong "I done fucked up and need to fix it" vibes from his actions since stepping down as CEO, and we have demonstrable examples.
He once said that his kids will only get $10M each. I don't know if that still stands.
if anything, he made them worse by lobbying world governments for more draconian vaccine patents.
the reason why the first polio vaccine took off was because its creators refused to patent it.
I'll take that with a grain of Salk.