I was just thinking how much support there is for a #PeoplesVaccine - to get there we need to break pharma monopolies by suspending patents and forcing companies to share their vaccine blueprints.
Here's my tally of global support so far... (thread)
Here's my tally of global support so far... (thread)
Global faith leaders call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/27/global-faith-leaders-call-for-drug-firms-to-vaccinate-world-against-covid
175 Former world leaders and nobel prize winners call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.ft.com/content/43fd53f5-2b82-4e41-981c-8544a6ce996b
Business leaders and trade unions call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/prime-minister-urged-waive-patents-bid-widen-access-covid-vaccines/
Epidemiologists and public health experts call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/new-covid-vaccines-needed-within-year-say-scientists
Healthcare workers from across the world call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2021/03/covid19-health-worker-death-toll-rises-to-at-least-17000-as-organizations-call-for-rapid-vaccine-rollout/
Covid survivors call for a PeoplesVaccine https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/covid-survivors-37-countries-write-pharmaceutical-bosses-demand-peoples-vaccine/
The majority of the UK public supports a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.ft.com/content/0a46a1b8-cb0f-49e8-95ce-f4c81f2896d1
Independent SAGE calls for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/18/patent-waiver-covid-vaccines-uk-variants
Director-General of the World Health Organisation calls for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/05/covid-vaccines-who-chief-backs-patent-waiver-to-boost-production
MEPs and EU National MPs call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/04/27/nearly-400-meps-and-mps-join-chorus-voices-calling-trips-waiver-covid-19-vaccines
US organisations and members of congress call for a #PeoplesVaccine https://www.citizen.org/article/press-conference-400-u-s-organizations-call-on-biden-administration-to-stop-blocking-covid-19-wto-waiver-to-boost-vaccines-treatments-worldwide/
We can win this!
Add your support here: https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/suspend-patents-covid-19-vaccines
Add your support here: https://act.globaljustice.org.uk/suspend-patents-covid-19-vaccines