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5 Jan, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Wanting to "emmerder les non-vaccinés" in France but at the same time, through the EU, blocking wider vaccine production globally, thus "pissing off" the billions who can't get access to even one dose…

Least consistent & least effective strategy ever?

theguardian.com/world/2022/jan… Image
For 15 months, the EU (including France) has been blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal at the WTO to temporarily waive some intellectual property rules on vaccines & other health products.
The EU and its member states are LITERALLY preventing wider vaccine production during a global pandemic.

Deadly madness.
Macron has been on all sides of the #TRIPSwaiver issue…

He's expressed support for it: france24.com/en/france/2021…

Then opposed it: theguardian.com/world/2021/may…

Then supported it again: amp.france24.com/en/france/2021…

Then said he'd wait till October to decide: mediapart.fr/journal/intern… Image
He then decided nothing.

The upshot of Macron's wavering, "all things to all people" approach has been that France has simply fallen in line with the EU position (led by Germany in this) of blocking wider vaccine production globally.
(The European Commission negotiates on behalf of the EU at the WTO, so that the EU speaks with one, stronger voice there. France could act to try to change the EU's deadly policy via the EU Council, but no evidence it has tried to do so as far as I know.)
So, France's policy is the EU's policy, which is to block wider vaccine production globally during a global pandemic.

This prolongs the pandemic for us all, meaning:

☠️ more death;

☠️ more suffering;

☠️ more chances for new variants to emerge.

That's the policy. Image

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It looks like a simple world map with some data points on it.

But it's really a map showing an escape route.

➡️ A way out of the pandemic...

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To understand how to use this escape route, you first have to understand the trap we're in.

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They've been protecting & defending those companies from the start, prioritising their demands over the needs of humanity as a whole.
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Paltry charity is nothing to be proud of.

1️⃣ - BILLIONS of people around the world have not even had 1 dose yet. 76m gift doses is a fail.

2️⃣ - They haven't had 1 jab yet largely due to the shortage caused by France/EU blocking wider vaccine production globally for 15 months. Image
For 15 months, the EU, UK & Switzerland have been blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal at the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive some intellectual property rules on vaccines & other health products.
France's policy is the EU policy. The European Commission negotiates on behalf of the EU at the WTO, so that the EU speaks with one voice there. France could act to try to change the EU's deadly policy via the EU Council, but no evidence it has tried to do so as far as I know.
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TRILLIONS in economic damage.

BILLIONS of people unable to get even one vaccine dose.

MILLIONS dead from Covid.

THOUSANDS of doctors & health experts demanding change.

ONE vile policy to block wider vaccine production during a global pandemic.

We need a #PeoplesVaccine. Image
For 15 months, the EU, UK & Switzerland have been blocking wider vaccine production globally by obstructing the #TRIPSwaiver, a proposal at the World Trade Organization to temporarily waive some intellectual property rules on vaccines & other health products.
They are LITERALLY preventing vaccine production during a pandemic.

I could give you 1000 blank pieces of paper and a full box of crayons, and you could not draw a dumber policy than that.

Dumb and deadly.

True madness.
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Getting vaccinated is, "the best way to stay out of the hospital".

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It's inhuman that the EU, UK & Switzerland are blocking wider production of vaccines globally, so BILLIONS of people have not been able to get even one dose yet.
Welcome to Year 3 of the pandemic…

Exhausted yet?

Want it to be over?

I do.

If only our leaders in the EU, UK & Switzerland felt the same way.

Instead, they have prioritised pharma monopoly profits and are deliberately prolonging the pandemic.

telegraph.co.uk/global-health/… Image
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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📢 NEW REPORT: Experts have identified over 100 manufacturers around the world that could be making mRNA vaccines – if only they were allowed to.

The global vaccine shortage is prolonging the pandemic for us all.

But it doesn’t have to be this way…

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Wooed by pharma monopolies’ lobbying, some rich governments have justified their inhumane blocking of wider vaccine production globally by saying no other firms could possibly do it.

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