Thread by @astroehlein

Someday, people will look back on this time & wonder why political leaders didn't take every step possible to end the pandemic... why they blocked useful tools... why they deliberately gave the virus more time to spread & mutate...

How many more millions will die before then?

I was just told, "The EU is desperate to maintain the status quo in terms of intellectual property. The pandemic could kill another million, or 10 million, or 100 million, and the European Commission simply would not care as long as IP rules are not waived, not even temporarily."

"You (to me) keep saying they should aim for ending the pandemic as quickly as possible. That is not their aim. They want to save IP, no matter the cost."

The European Commission is working on a "third way" document to the WTO, which those who have seen the draft say offers nothing new. It's another delaying tactic: their "third way" is only backwards.

"Your problem, Andrew, is that you keep assuming the Commission wants to end the pandemic and save lives, but that is not what they see as their priority."

Well, I say, that's not my problem, but THE problem, for sure.

First way, second way, third way... whatever.

The European Commission's lies and delaying tactics sadly look set to continue...

https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1400352366134796295

They are not looking at facts. They are not looking for convincing arguments. They have a complete ideological inflexibility. Their minds are closed, and they want to keep them closed. They won't even talk to anyone who disagrees with them.
bit.ly/2SUVhF6

More on EU plan to keep blocking wider vaccine production globally with debunked arguments. They call it a "third way". In truth, it means a longer pandemic, a policy of:

- more death;

- more economic havoc;

- more time for new variants to emerge.

on.wsj.com/3g5CMFF