100% untrue.

(1) Countries can be punished and fined so long as the WTO patent rules are in place
(2) the popular line from the IP lobby that manufacturing is what’s holding us back is a straw man. Indeed it is but a prerequisite to manufacturing is 1000% lifting IP restrictions https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1386035612441092098

Is @rahaeli under the impression MSF, OxFam, HRW, 400+ progressive groups, dozens of poor countries and 100 democratic lawmakers are suffering from a mass delusion?

The IP lobby loves to insist that the #TRIPSwaiver is a “distraction” or a “side show” so they avoid the messiness of looking like cartoon villains but it’s absolutely not and every health expert not paid by Pharma or Gates who has looked at the IP bottle neck and agrees

Activists and leaders from the global south are fully aware that a #TRIPSwaiver is not in and of itself sufficient to scale up production. They need help with manufacturing, technology sharing, materials—all of it, but NONE OF IT WILL MATTER without lifting patent enforcement