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The EU, UK & a few other governments are determined to continue blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver at the World Trade Organization.
This means global vaccine shortages will continue.
They will prolong the pandemic.
This means global vaccine shortages will continue.
They will prolong the pandemic.
This week saw a dramatic change in US policy, when Biden shifted away from Trump’s profits-first approach to the pandemic.
Australia & New Zealand followed suit.
But the EU - led by Germany - is digging in its heels to back profits over human lives.
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
Australia & New Zealand followed suit.
But the EU - led by Germany - is digging in its heels to back profits over human lives.
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
Yes, Trump is gone, but Merkel wants to continue his inhumane legacy.
Everyone reading this knows there’s a vaccine shortage in this world.
Rich governments are squabbling over scarce supplies.
Most of the world is left begging for scraps - and not even getting that.
But it's an artificially created shortage.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Rich governments are squabbling over scarce supplies.
Most of the world is left begging for scraps - and not even getting that.
But it's an artificially created shortage.
It doesn't have to be this way.
The numbers:
World population: ~8 billion.
Number of people fully vaccinated: ~220 million.
Share of world vaccinated: 2.8%.
Estimated target for herd immunity: 70%.
At this rate, it will take years to vaccinate everyone.
Years...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-…
World population: ~8 billion.
Number of people fully vaccinated: ~220 million.
Share of world vaccinated: 2.8%.
Estimated target for herd immunity: 70%.
At this rate, it will take years to vaccinate everyone.
Years...
ourworldindata.org/grapher/share-…
⬛️ Years of more death...
⬛️ Years of more economic disruption...
⬛️ Years of more opportunity for new variants of the virus to emerge that are more deadly, more virulent, and/or resistant to the current vaccines...
oxfam.org/en/press-relea…
⬛️ Years of more economic disruption...
⬛️ Years of more opportunity for new variants of the virus to emerge that are more deadly, more virulent, and/or resistant to the current vaccines...
oxfam.org/en/press-relea…
