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COVAX limitations aside, @SolidarityRSA is now involved in vaccine$ matters? It is not a public body, not @COVID_19_ZA and has no real oversight. They briefed @ParliamentofRSA but not sure if @AuditorGen_SA is overseeing public funds/ purpose/spend/procurement.
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Please, #COVAX IS NOT THE SOLUTION TO THE WORLDS VACCINE ACCESS & EQUITY PROBLEM, IN MANY CASES, IT IS WORSENING IT. A POKER GAME. WITH $ CHIPS.
IT *LEAVES* POWER WITH PHRMA AND BUSINESS.
Where is the power...? Where the people are not.
#nopandemicprofiteering
#1Country1Plan
IT *LEAVES* POWER WITH PHRMA AND BUSINESS.
Where is the power...? Where the people are not.
#nopandemicprofiteering
#1Country1Plan
Critical issue for the public to appreciate is that #COVAX is not an elected global institution, it is voluntary- a voluntary pooling mechanism that lets you in if you have money & willing to accept patent rights claims, & gives some charity dosages for those deemed very poor.
A COVID-19 vaccine - once approved - will be the currency of life and death.
Who gets it, and when, will determine the depth and longevity of this plague.
Today, I pose a question to CEO Alex Gorsky of @JNJNews, which has announced progress in developing a vaccine THREAD 1/
Who gets it, and when, will determine the depth and longevity of this plague.
Today, I pose a question to CEO Alex Gorsky of @JNJNews, which has announced progress in developing a vaccine THREAD 1/
First some brief background. Taxpayers like you and me have already contributed millions to developing this vaccine.
The US gov’t already gave JNJ nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding to develop a vaccine. 2/
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
The US gov’t already gave JNJ nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer funding to develop a vaccine. 2/
forbes.com/sites/thomasbr…
JNJ also received an est. $2.5 B in tax cuts in 2018 from the Trump tax cuts, according to us @OxfamAmerica. This taxpayer money could have been used to build our public health infrastructure, & beef up public innovation on coronavirus prevention. 3/
oxfamamerica.org/explore/resear…
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