Rich governments now moving to administer 4th vaccine dose, while BILLIONS around the world still haven’t had their 1st dose yet.
🔑 reason? The vaccine shortage caused by the EU & UK blocking wider production of vaccines globally.
The global pandemic will never end this way.
🔑 reason? The vaccine shortage caused by the EU & UK blocking wider production of vaccines globally.
The global pandemic will never end this way.
https://twitter.com/ABC/status/1477929404839997440
For 15 months, 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.
LITERALLY preventing vaccine production during a pandemic.
Madness.
LITERALLY preventing vaccine production during a pandemic.
Madness.
The EU's policy prolongs the pandemic for us all, meaning:
☠️ more death;
☠️ more suffering;
☠️ more chances for new variants to emerge.
EU leaders know full well that these are the consequences of their policy, but they're sticking with this policy anyway.
☠️ more death;
☠️ more suffering;
☠️ more chances for new variants to emerge.
EU leaders know full well that these are the consequences of their policy, but they're sticking with this policy anyway.
What's worse, the EU has been outright lying about its deadly policy the entire time, all for the benefit of pharma monopoly profits...
https://twitter.com/astroehlein/status/1400352366134796295
Perhaps the worst EU lie has been about "developing countries" not being able to make the new mRNA vaccines.
Experts have exposed that lie, most recently in a new report listing OVER 100 COMPANIES that could make mRNA vaccines if they were allowed to.
hrw.org/news/2021/12/1…
Experts have exposed that lie, most recently in a new report listing OVER 100 COMPANIES that could make mRNA vaccines if they were allowed to.
hrw.org/news/2021/12/1…
Here's the secret that the pharma monopolies & their EU protectors don't want you to know:
Of all the vaccine technologies that are in use today, the oldest are in fact the hardest to make, and the newest – mRNA vaccines – the easiest.
hrw.org/news/2021/12/1…
Of all the vaccine technologies that are in use today, the oldest are in fact the hardest to make, and the newest – mRNA vaccines – the easiest.
hrw.org/news/2021/12/1…
Over 100 countries support the #TRIPSwaiver, but the EU does have a few "partners in crime" when it comes to blocking wider vaccine production.
The UK government's policy is equally poisonous, but it is under pressure from Scotland to reverse course: gov.scot/news/action-on…
The UK government's policy is equally poisonous, but it is under pressure from Scotland to reverse course: gov.scot/news/action-on…
Switzerland, like the EU & UK, also backs a longer pandemic through blocking wider vaccine production: swissinfo.ch/eng/switzerlan…
The US is all over the map...
Trump - like the EU, UK & Switzerland - blocked wider vaccine production.
Biden announced a change in policy in May 2021: reuters.com/business/healt…
But it seems US actions are not living up to promises: inthesetimes.com/article/biden-…
Trump - like the EU, UK & Switzerland - blocked wider vaccine production.
Biden announced a change in policy in May 2021: reuters.com/business/healt…
But it seems US actions are not living up to promises: inthesetimes.com/article/biden-…
And the result of this policy of global vaccine shortage?
About 72% of shots that have gone into arms worldwide have been administered in high- and upper-middle-income countries.
LESS THAN 1% of doses have been administered in low-income countries.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
About 72% of shots that have gone into arms worldwide have been administered in high- and upper-middle-income countries.
LESS THAN 1% of doses have been administered in low-income countries.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…
"The emergence of the new Omicron variant is not an act of God. It is the widely predicted result of a huge global policy failure. Governments in rich countries, such as the US & UK, knowingly allowed low- and middle-income countries to go unvaccinated."
newsweek.com/omicron-result…
newsweek.com/omicron-result…
“It has never been clearer that no one is safe until everyone is safe.” - @AgnesCallamard @amnesty
https://twitter.com/amnestyireland/status/1478341347706904577
“If we do not vaccinate the world, the pandemic won't end, more variants will emerge, and the world will continue to lose millions of lives, along with trillions in economic losses.”
https://twitter.com/paimadhu/status/1478423748638355457?s=21
Welcome to Year 3 of the pandemic…
We all want it to end…
Except leaders in the EU, UK & Switzerland, whose deadly policy will keep it going forever…
We all want it to end…
Except leaders in the EU, UK & Switzerland, whose deadly policy will keep it going forever…
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