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21 Jun, 4 tweets, 3 min read
Dear @JoeBiden @KamalaHarris @SecBlinken @SecBecerra time for you to act. Sharing tech is good public health, it's good diplomacy. NIH-Moderna vax already paid for. It could show the power and relevance of government, US in particular. How about you...
1. Democratize vaccine production. I know you've already said USDFC is investing, take the last steps... and also
foreignpolicy.com/2021/03/01/to-…
2. Use the authority you have. Not sure why you're NOT using the carrot and stick to get this done, but it's a bad look. Moderna has NO interest in these markets, has not even registered to sell there. You can use the Defense Production Act and...
lpeproject.org/blog/how-to-va…
3. happen to have access to an NIH-owned patent that makes for strong leverage. Did I mention how Moderna has refused to sell vaccines to South Africa, so maybe it's roughly exactly what these powers are for?
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21 Jun
#Covax is failing. Big picture: even as delivers doses, it won’t deliver goal of EQUITY.
Short term: By June was to reach just 3% of LMIC pops. Delivered only 1/4 of that (88 of 337m forecast).
We need to talk about why & learn real-world, politically-informed lessons
🧵[thread]
The goal: at a high level, COVAX as a pillar of ACT-A aimed to “ensure that every country gets fair and equitable access to eventual #COVID19 vaccines…. By acting as an insurance policy.” At this point, it's clear this model has not been successful /2
Not #VaccinEquity: Dec 2, 11, 21 of 2020 UK, US & EU authorized #COVID19 vaccine.
6mos later, so many ways (data, stories, lives) to see inequity outcome of current vaccine prod & distrib systems.
Here's 👇from @fibke:% pop vs % vax does NOT approach equity /3
Read 21 tweets
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12 Jun
Breaking: South Africa’s vaccine roll out yet again in crisis b/c high-inc-based company failed to deliver vaccines. Millions of JNJ vax may have to be tossed out, so no vax for millions of seniors & vulnerable supposed to be vaccinated 2 wks ago. this has to be addressed...
...this is happening b/c USG-funded production of JNJ vax substance at Emergent which failed quality.
Aspen, the SAfrican company, has NOT gotten tech transfer to make the vax, instead they’re filling and finishing substance from JNJ (from Emergent)😞

nytimes.com/2021/06/11/us/…
...so now SAfrica has just 300,000 doses!!... it’s so clear, SA needs stop counting on AZ or JNJ or Pfizer. instead...
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9 Jun
@R_H_Ebright @amymaxmen @VanityFair pretty striking to have a once-eminent professor reduced to schoolyard name-calling in defense of problematic journalism... Not sure where that gets you, but ok here's what I read...
@R_H_Ebright @amymaxmen @VanityFair Article quotes trump admin official saying it “smelled like a cover-up” (innuendo). Any evidence of a cover-up? None given. Instead, evidence shows pretty clearly what Trump appointees were pushing didn’t pass basic basic scientific rigor so career experts refused advance it.
@R_H_Ebright @amymaxmen @VanityFair Article questions WHO’s independence because (innuendo) WHO didnt appoint US officials. From a government that had announced withdrawal from the WHO? That’s just silly.
Read 8 tweets
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4 Jun
Read 👇 Dear Journalism:Does this pass muster @VanityFair? Innuendo, implications, Eban teases as breaking story. Zero new evidence. Lots of fmr Trump admin people saying there's a cover up, with no evidence. How is this not just spreading misinformation?
vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/t…
YES we need more info on #COVID #Origins. Yes a lab leak is a possibility, but as many have said it has not been high on priority b/c there is quite literally no evidence for it. Eban doesn't find any either. But she does fall for all sorts of canards...
For example, Eban falls for the one about how @WHO didn't appoint US officials suggested for the independent expert team. This has been being shopped around by Trump admin folks for months. Eban takes the bait, reports it as if it's a shocking piece of new information. But...
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4 Jun
Ahead of UN #HLM2021AIDS we're thrilled to work with partners at @gnpplus @Aidsfonds_intl @UNAIDS to share new policy briefs on urgency of law & policy reform
hivpolicylab.org/hlm2021
Thread on some of what we find👇...

[Stay tuned Monday for a new paper on empirical impacts] Image
Criminalization of same-sex relationships, drug use, sex work, and HIV exposure remain wide-spread despite clear evidence and global norms against. New UN targets: reduce the orange and yellow bars to 10%. Lots to do. Image
But there are many protective laws that also need adopting. Strong gender-based violence laws have been adopted by 114 countries, but more work to do on adoption & implementation. Image
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26 May
Argument that compelling knowledge sharing= theft=no future innovation simply not credible in context of #COVID19. Asks huge leaps of imagination.
1st: the imagination here is that a GLOBAL monopoly is required to incentivize science. India, SAfrica, US must be one monopoly...
2nd: universities, which have done much of research leading to these vaccines, will stop accepting public funds to research vaccines and such. Not credible.
3rd: $€£ billions of direct funding + adv-market-commit hasn't been what incentivized development of these vaccines? not credible. #COVID19 is the very best example of public-sector funding driving development on a clear, urgent outbreak. US, UK, EU funding drove dev. As planned
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