*Who's Controlling the COVID Vaccine: 10 Myths and Misdirections.*

I posted this link because overall the points are valid. However, talking about the concept of "intellectual property" inevitably spreads confusion through overgeneralization and putting scare quotes around the term does nothing to undo that confusion. Each use of that term inherently misinforms.

The way to avoid that misinformation is to talk about patents and about trade secrecy as two separate issues which are legally unrelated.