Will #Germany's new coalition government break with the country's failed, deadly policy of blocking wider production of Covid vaccines globally?
Germany has been central the disastrous EU position on this.
We need more vaccine doses. We need more production. Stop blocking it!
Germany has been central the disastrous EU position on this.
We need more vaccine doses. We need more production. Stop blocking it!
For over a year, the EU (led by Germany in this) has blocked the waiving of intellectual property rules for Covid-19 vaccines & other health products at the World Trade Organization.
Merkel stood in the way of the waiver, making it harder for the world’s poor to swiftly get vaccines, treatments & testing kits.
She's not the only one who's been blocking it, but she's been very central to this deadly policy.
She's not the only one who's been blocking it, but she's been very central to this deadly policy.
Quite frankly, I can't believe we even have to point out how foolish and deadly this policy is...
I mean, LITERALLY BLOCKING wider production of vaccines during a global pandemic...
How can anyone think that's a good idea even for a minute, let alone a year?
I mean, LITERALLY BLOCKING wider production of vaccines during a global pandemic...
How can anyone think that's a good idea even for a minute, let alone a year?
The results of the EU's awful policy to block wider vaccine production globally have been painfully, dreadfully clear...
The EU (led by Germany in this) touts European donations of doses & support for the COVAX facility, but the number of doses involved are FAR from what's needed to tackle the global pandemic, because of the global shortage due to blocked production.
hrw.org/news/2021/06/1…
hrw.org/news/2021/06/1…
Money does not ease the barrage of complex global rules that delay expanding manufacturing. Nor does it magically manifest more vaccines.
The EU Commission and Germany keep rolling the same old tired excuses and outright lies about the waiver to defend their deadly policy of blocking wider production of vaccines during a global pandemic. We've debunked them countless times...
https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1400352366134796295
Here's the number you need to know:
👉 4.7 billion.
While many richer countries are now administering third-shot boosters, 4.7 billion people around the world have not even had their first jab yet.
👉 4.7 billion.
While many richer countries are now administering third-shot boosters, 4.7 billion people around the world have not even had their first jab yet.
And if you're one of the lucky ones who's got their jabs, you should know you're still not fully in the clear yet.
None of us are...
...because deliberately throttling vaccine production affects us all.
That's the "global" part of "global pandemic".
None of us are...
...because deliberately throttling vaccine production affects us all.
That's the "global" part of "global pandemic".
Maintaining an artificial shortage of vaccines during a global pandemic to prioritise profits over human lives is an ugly EU/German policy that means:
1️⃣ a longer pandemic;
2️⃣ more death;
3️⃣ more time for new variants to emerge, including vaccine-resistant strains.
1️⃣ a longer pandemic;
2️⃣ more death;
3️⃣ more time for new variants to emerge, including vaccine-resistant strains.
Let's hope #Germany's new government realises that:
🇩🇪 the global pandemic is global;
🇩🇪 the EU's policy of blocking wider vaccine production in a pandemic has been a disaster;
🇩🇪 we need the #TRIPSwaiver & a #PeoplesVaccine.
🇩🇪 the global pandemic is global;
🇩🇪 the EU's policy of blocking wider vaccine production in a pandemic has been a disaster;
🇩🇪 we need the #TRIPSwaiver & a #PeoplesVaccine.
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