1/ Despite US support-in-principle, efforts to pass a WTO waiver for vaccine intellectual property seem quagmired in Geneva... and everyone here is about to take a month off.
https://twitter.com/bbaschuk/status/1419590265891868674
2/ Main problems seem to be:
1⃣ Disagreements among those who support a waiver on its scope (what it should cover) and duration (how long it should last, and procedure to end it); and
2⃣ EU and a handful of others still opposed or proposing non-waiver alternatives.
1⃣ Disagreements among those who support a waiver on its scope (what it should cover) and duration (how long it should last, and procedure to end it); and
2⃣ EU and a handful of others still opposed or proposing non-waiver alternatives.
3/ Back when the US first announced its support in principle for the waiver, I wrote this thread on what I think might be happening:
I think activists may be undervaluing the chance the US position is actually maximum cynicism (#2).
I think activists may be undervaluing the chance the US position is actually maximum cynicism (#2).
https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines/status/1390035964882571265?s=20
4/ At the time, @SamuelMarcLowe and I also spent an hour unpacking all these issues in what we hope is an accessible way.
You can check out that video here (I promise we've since fixed the sound issues... mostly).
You can check out that video here (I promise we've since fixed the sound issues... mostly).
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