From the start, the EU has been blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal to temporarily waive some intellectual property rules on vaccines & other health products.
The EU's policy goes against expert advice & prolongs the pandemic.
"Scientists know that this cycle will prolong the pandemic — but world leaders are still failing to choose the fastest path out."
EU: Yes, it’s a global pandemic, but there's a vaccine for it.
Humanity: Great! So, you’re making sure everyone gets the vaccine globally, right?
EU: No, we’re supporting pharma monopolies so they get maximum profit from it.
EU: And here's the best part - we're going to tell the world that prolonging the pandemic by restricting the production of vaccines & other meds is human-rightsy & good for humanity...
From the start, the EU has been BLOCKING wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal to temporarily waive some intellectual property rules on vaccines & other health products. This:
⚕️ goes against expert advice, and
☠️ prolongs the pandemic
"Scientists know that this cycle will prolong the pandemic — but world leaders are still failing to choose the fastest path out."
Over 80% of the world’s vaccines have gone to G20 countries, whereas low-income nations have received just 0.6% of all vaccines. who.int/director-gener…
The #Kenyan government should not make the Kenyan people pay for the vicious, inhuman policies of the EU, UK & other rich governments that have been blocking wider production of vaccines during a global pandemic.
"Europe is politically weak because its opponents know that nothing makes the European Council more nervous than a few thousand migrants trying to cross an external EU border."
The speed with which EU leaders have rushed to abandon 7 decades of accepted international law, born out of the post-war consensus… It's just sickening…
And it's not just Poland where the EU’s inhumanity has been getting darker & darker… It’s also been turning a blind eye to abuses - or is downright complicit in abuses - in, for example…
Read how these Syrian migrants braved weeks in the freezing border zone…
…and how concerned citizens have to pressure #Poland border guards to actually process asylum claims, instead of sending them back to #Belarus in violation of international law. politico.eu/article/tale-s…
"They said Belarusian troops robbed them, beat them up and gave them dirty water to drink, which made them ill."
Everyone knows Belarus authorities are inhuman.
And yet, #Poland's policy - supported by the European Commission - is to illegally send people back into #Belarus.
#Belarus manufactured the situation, but #Poland shares responsibility for the suffering. Men, women & children have been ping-ponged across the border for weeks in freezing weather, desperately needing humanitarian aid that's being blocked on BOTH sides. hrw.org/news/2021/11/2…
Their policy of blocking wider vaccine production, by opposing the #TRIPSwaiver at the WTO, results in the global vaccine shortage that prolongs the pandemic.
"Scientists know that this cycle will prolong the pandemic — but world leaders are still failing to choose the fastest path out."