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28 May, 7 tweets, 5 min read
France's Macron has in the past few weeks expressed support for COVID patent waivers: france24.com/en/france/2021…

Then opposed them: theguardian.com/world/2021/may…

Then supported them again: amp.france24.com/en/france/2021…

Now he wants to wait till October to decide: mediapart.fr/journal/intern…
Macron’s skepticism of the #TRIPSwaiver seems in part rooted in an outdated view of the developing world’s capacities. He says that even if intellectual property rules are waived, manufacturers in places like Africa currently are not equipped to make vaccines.

He's wrong.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control has already identified vaccine manufacturing capacity in Senegal, South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, and Tunisia.
apnews.com/article/africa…
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has expressed interest in bringing the first mRNA manufacturing facility to Africa.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
The World Health Organization has plans in place for a Covid-19 Technology Access Pool & a series of mRNA technology transfer hubs to share vaccine technology. The WHO warns that technology used in the hub must be free of intellectual property constraints. who.int/news-room/arti…
Rather than making up excuses for France to say no, Macron should throw the country's weight behind these proposals and find ways to make sure pharmaceutical companies participate too.
For a year, President Macron has been proclaiming that vaccines should be a “global public good.” And he is completely right.

But France has still not concretely translated those words into action.

Read more: hrw.org/news/2021/05/2…

#PeoplesVaccine
#TRIPSwaiver

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27 May
We're live now...
“It’s so important, your new report... where the documentation is so clear...” - @MargreteAuken on Human Rights Watch's April report, “A Threshold Crossed: Israeli Authorities and the Crimes of Apartheid and Persecution.”

Read the report here: hrw.org/news/2021/04/2…
"What we did in this report, which is 213 pages, was to lay out our factual findings regarding how the Israeli government treats Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territory. " - @OmarSShakir
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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
27 May
Récemment, Macron a soutenu la levée des brevets des vaccins anti-COVID : lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/wash…

Ensuite il s'y est opposé : lesechos.fr/monde/enjeux-i…

Puis l'a soutenue à nouveau : lemonde.fr/afrique/articl…

Maintenant, il repousse sa décision à Octobre: mediapart.fr/journal/intern…
Le scepticisme d’Emmanuel Macron à l’égard de la levée des droits de propriété intellectuelle semble s’appuyer sur une vision dépassée des capacités du monde en développement.
Le président français considère que même en cas de dérogation à ces droits, les pays d’Afrique, par exemple, ne seraient pas dotés des moyens de fabriquer des vaccins contre le Covid-19.

Mais les temps changent.
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27 May
Quick review of who stands where on COVID patent waivers and just how isolated certain people in the EU are...
The EU is split. Despite much top-down message enforcement, many leaders have openly supported COVID patent waivers:

Italy's foreign minister: facebook.com/52239102779744…

Dutch trade minister: irishtimes.com/business/healt…

Ireland foreign & health ministers: irishtimes.com/news/health/go…
Other key voices in the EU supporting COVID patent waivers:

Spain's government: reuters.com/world/europe/s…

Poland's government: tvp.info/53686577/premi…
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Andrew Stroehlein Profile picture
26 May
EU leaders are trying to fool us with these stunts, but…

💥 The world needs OVER 11 BILLION doses.

🙄 "100 million doses" isn't even 1% of that.

Marginal philanthropy will not solve global scarcity.

The EU needs to stop blocking wider production of vaccines globally.
What the EU is doing is like saying, "Yes, we bought all the bread at the bakery, and we won’t let any other bakeries open, but here’s a little loaf for the poor to show everyone how generous we are…"
"Over 11 billion doses" is a conservative estimate, by the way.

Some say 14 billion: businessinsider.com/bill-gates-14-…

Others, 20 billion: investigate-europe.eu/en/2020/vaccin…

And pharma companies' talk about 3rd shots for those already vaccinated, thus increasing demand: cnbc.com/2021/04/15/pfi…
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25 May
India's total COVID death toll passes 300,000 - after adding 50,000 deaths in under 2 weeks…
euobserver.com/tickers/151929

For over 7 months, the EU has blocked India & S. Africa's proposal to boost vaccine production globally through the #TRIPSwaiver…
hrw.org/news/2021/03/2… Image
The European Citizens Initiative supporting wider vaccine production globally & a quicker end to the pandemic is nearing 200,000 signatures...

Please SIGN and SHARE it:
bit.ly/3tFgvDV

If the US can drop Trump's deadly, profits-first policy, the EU surely can, too. Image
Honestly? They're going to spend time arguing about 100 million doses? The world needs more than 11 billion doses, and EU policy is to throttle wider production globally, so it will take years to vaccinate everyone. They think we don't understand maths?
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25 May
Transatlantic leaders will hopefully set in motion an international criminal investigation. What cannot get lost is the need to protect Raman Pratasevich & Sofya Sapega and to support #Belarus’s civil society from this viciously abusive government.
hrw.org/news/2021/05/2… Image
#Belarus authorities have arrested tens of thousands of people for peaceful protests.

They’ve tortured hundreds.

They’ve raided dozens of human rights groups & media outlets, and arrested numerous activists and journalists on bogus mass rioting, tax, and other charges.
#Belarus authorities have threatened parents involved in the protests and investigative journalists that they will send their children to orphanages.
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