Jonas Salk Said that Patenting the Polio Vaccine Would be Like Patenting the Sun

Jonas Salk did not patent the polio vaccine

As all of us around the world hold our breath, hoping for a headline announcing a scientific breakthrough in the battle against the novel coronavirus, this seems like a good time to remember a footnote in polio vaccine research: Jonas Salk did not patent the vaccine. Edward R. Murrow, a noted 20th-century broadcast journalist, interviewed Dr. … Read more