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A fact from Paul Parkman appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 July 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Paul Parkman (pictured), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/July. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Paul Parkman.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Hey man im josh talk 14:28, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Paul Parkman

... that rubella vaccine developer Paul Parkman (pictured) reflected at the end of his career that "it will be for others to take on the difficult task of maintaining the protections that we struggled to achieve"?

Source: "Dr. Paul D. Parkman, whose research was instrumental in identifying the virus that causes rubella and developing a vaccine that has prevented an epidemic of the disease in the United States for more than 50 years, died on May 7 at his home in Auburn, N.Y., about 60 miles east of Rochester in the Finger Lakes region. He was 91.

“As I look back on my career, I have come to think that perhaps I was involved in the easy part,” he added. “It will be for others to take on the difficult task of maintaining the protections that we struggled to achieve. We must prevent the spread of this vaccine nihilism, for if it were to prevail, our successes could be lost.”"

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- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Medieval garden

Created by Thriley (talk) and ForsythiaJo (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 133 past nominations.

Thriley (talk) 16:43, 28 May 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Thriley, it has been nearly two weeks since this was nominated, and a QPQ is supposed to be supplied within seven days. Please supply a QPQ right away if you wish to pursue this nomination. Thank you. BlueMoonset (talk) 22:02, 9 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Thriley and ForsythiaJo: New enough and long enough. QPQ supplied. Eligible (only appeared at RD, not ITN). The quote in ALT0 is not in the article. This must be rectified if it is to be used in the hook. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 19:45, 12 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1 ...that Paul Parkman (pictured), one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so it could be freely available? Thriley (talk) 22:04, 18 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

- Wish I'd been pinged, but ALT1 is ready. Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 07:39, 27 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Legacy

It seems to me that his primary legacy has to be a rubella vaccine unencumbered by greed. Compared with that, statues and awards are peanuts. TooManyFingers (talk) 08:12, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Did you know nomination...

Similar to the true story of Jonas Salk, who tried a number of times to patent the polio vaccine created by his team, and failed, only to then come out claiming "Can you patent the sun?" - it was almost impossible to patent these vaccines as all the technology they used under the existing patent rules made most of them ineligible to be patented Historiaantiqua (talk) 17:41, 6 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]