>The conspiracy theory is that the German government conspired to spread a lie.

Are you on the wrong post? I never said they were spreading lies?

The only thing the German government did was confirm they and the US government were both in negotiations with CoreVac. They did NOT state that the US was looking for exclusive rights.

None of this goes against my initial post that this is a completely unsubstantiated article.

Edit: You can't cite the news as your source for the news, especially when the news itself says it is unconfirmed.

I quote from the article: "US President Trump is attempting to entice a German lab to develop a vaccine exclusively for the US, a German newspaper reported."

You are sharing the conspiracy theory that the Trump administration did not in fact try to secure exclusive access to the vaccine.

I don’t think you understand the term conspiracy theory nor do you understand how the burden of proof works.

I have already given many credible sources showing why your claim is false, the hacker news mods have removed these articles multiple times (including this very post). You have provided an unsubstantiated claim with no evidence. An extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence.

Here is a source that might be more acceptable for your palate: https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-confirms-that-donald...

Which is reporting on the initial article which again just states that Germany said the US was trying to invest in the company, not that they were looking for an exclusive arrangement. Show me where Germany confirmed that the US was looking for an exclusive arrangement, we have multiple people saying this was not the case.

That's not what is said in the article of politico. Here is what is reported:

First, The allegation:

According to the article, Trump was trying to get the Tübingen-based CureVac company — which also has sites in Frankfurt and Boston — to move its research wing to the United States and develop the vaccine "for the U.S. only."

Then, the government acknowledgement:

A spokesperson for Germany's Health Ministry quoted in the article appeared to acknowledge the U.S. approach and said that Berlin was "very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe."

Who says this is incorrect? The alleged party? Because the company did not deny that it was approached by the US American government to sell exclusive access. It just denied that it will be bought, which is a different thing. Regarding the exclusivity it has declared that it will ensure that the vaccine will be available to the world, without neither confirming nor denying the allegation. The fact that they clarify that (source: https://www.curevac.com/news/curevac-focuses-on-the-developm...) the fact that the German government acted at all (multiple reports of that exist), and the fact that the CEO of the company was fired (the company has a press release about it) after meeting Trump are further evidence that indeed an exclusive deal was sought.

I know it's way too late but the majority shareholder of that company confirmed your interpretation in an interview.