*[Enwl-eng] Wealthier countries are keeping critical COVID-19 products from poorer ones

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            Poorer countries can't afford COVID-related products, but not for the reason you may think. 
                     
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                 Millions have been sickened and died from COVID-19 all around the world and we are still months if not years away from widespread vaccine distribution. However, many of the people who are dying unnecessarily are actually passing away due to rigidity in global intellectual property laws (IP laws). That's why India and South Africa have stepped up at the UN to call for a temporary waiver in certain intellectual property laws so that low income countries can afford to produce medical supplies and more. 

                  But wealthier nations like Brazil, the European Union, Canada, the United States, Japan, and the United Kingdom are against this, for purely financial reasons. Tell this list of opposing countries that they need to put lives before profits and allow the waiver to go through so low income countries can keep their people safe!

                  This is a global emergency and some countries are still more interested in money than human life. Already lawsuits have kept poorer countries from 3D printing ventilator parts, getting access to recipes for coronavirus tests, and now they may not get vaccines for years due to these IP Laws. Sign the petition if you want these wealthier countries to allow for a temporary waiver to save lives! 

                  Thank you, 

                         Kelsey B.
                        The Care2 Petitions Team 
                       
                           

                  P.S. Global inequality is going to grow even further if we don't step in and demand some flexibility in international IP laws. Sign the petition. 
                  
                    
           
     




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From: Kelsey B., Care2 Action Alerts 
Sent: Friday, January 01, 2021 12:18 PM
Subject: Wealthier countries are keeping critical COVID-19 products from poorer ones



  
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