Brian Williams, Colbert, CNN all doing lay up segments mocking antivaxx Ron Johnson while going months saying ZERO about Biden ignoring requests from poor countries for a #TRIPSwaiver so they can manufacture generic vaccines is liberalism at it's most useless
Obvious, smug, agnostic to events outside the US, not really wrong but only addressing 10% of the problem. Over 400 progressives groups, Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch all have begged for someone to pay attention. Nothing from Biden, barely anything from US media
After months of activists lobbying for coverage and MSNBC completely ignoring it, MSNBC's token not-totally-a-hack Chris Hayes did a 8 min segment on the TRIPS waiver last night at the end of his show. So progress.
this point can't be made enough, but insisting upon strict IP compliance during a deadly pandemic––preventing billions in the global south from producing their own vaccines and scaling up quickly--IS science denialism. It IS an anti-vaxx position.
The headline should be "Biden is An Anti-Vaxxer" because by denying the TRIPS waiver he is one.
The calm, nice suit-wearing IP industry lobbyists, Pharma reps, Bill Gates, et al advocating against #TRIPSwaiver are 10X more dangerous than Ron Johnson. By all means dunk on Johnson but anti-Vaxx comes in different forms & the IP lobby is killing more ppl than any MAGA dipshit.
The useful question for liberal/progressive media is **what can you actually influence**. Factchecking MAGA Senators anti-vaxx bullshit is fine but probably won't change many minds. Pressuring Biden right now on #TRIPSwaiver would *actually matter* and could help save millions
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