*[Enwl-eng] Vaccine: In hours

Thu Mar 11 03:30:17 MSK 2021



                                Dear friend,  
                                There just aren't enough doses... The world's richest countries have already snatched up most of the global supply of Covid vaccines -- enough to vaccinate their entire populations many times over.

                                Meanwhile, only 1 in 10 people in the poorest nations is expected to get a Covid-19 vaccine this year. It's not just unfair -- but also incredibly dangerous if we allow the virus to spread around the world, mutating into new, potentially vaccine-resistant variants.

                                This lethal scarcity serves the profits of big pharmaceutical giants. By applying patents and keeping the technology secret, they are blocking other manufacturers from producing the life-saving vaccines.

                                But in hours, governments are meeting to discuss the global plan to suspend patents for Covid-19 vaccines. This is our opportunity to act!

                                More than 100 nations are already on board -- and now if the European Union joins the global effort, we could help tip the balance and make the vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere!

                                Send your message to Ursula von der Leyen to ask her to stand on the right side of history this week -- and support the proposal to scrap the vaccine patents:  
                                 
                             
                                Contact Ursula Von der Leyen
                                President of the European Commission 

                                Last summer she promised a “universal, common good” vaccine to be made available to every corner of the world, at affordable prices -- pointing that “the European Union will not be safe until the entire world has access to a vaccine”. Let’s ask her to keep her promise, and support India and South Africa's proposal at the World Trade Organisation, to suspend patents for Covid vaccines! 


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                                Nearly 1 million people, including yourself, Nobel laureates and scientists, have joined our voices to demand that vaccine technology and scientific knowledge are shared freely, to end this pandemic as soon as possible, for everyone!

                                And it's happened before. In 2001, after years of public pressure, countries agreed to suspend patents on HIV/AIDS treatments, allowing affordable, generic versions to be made, saving millions of lives. Now we must do it again!

                                So this week, Avaaz is going all out to amplify our voices, with opinion polls in key countries and media ads, ahead of the crucial meeting.

                                But for our leaders to go against these powerful pharma giants, they also need to see a massive public push from citizens. So take a moment to join the global action today -- and ask Ursula von der Leyen to do the right thing for the people of Europe and the people of the world.

                                With hope,
                                Spyro, Luis, Risalat, Adela, Aloys, Mohammad and the Avaaz team  

                                  
                                MORE INFORMATION:

                                Share the vaccine with the world (Avaaz) 
                                 
                                This campaign is part of the “People’s Vaccine” coalition

                                If you’re based in the EU, consider participating in this European Citizens Initiative

                                Declare COVID-19 Vaccine A Global Common Good Now

                                Patently unfair: Can waivers help solve COVID vaccine inequality? (Al Jazeera)

                                WHO chief: waive Covid vaccine patents to put world on 'war footing' (Guardian)

                                100+ Countries Push to Loosen WTO Rules on Vaccine Patents. Why Is the U.S. Still Blocking the Way? (Democracy Now)  
                                 
                             
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From: Spyro Limneos - Avaaz 
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2021 7:55 PM
Subject: Vaccine: In hours

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