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<P><BIG><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: 400">AstraZeneca. Contracts. Vaccines.
Reading the headlines, it’s easy to forget <STRONG>what we are really
talking about here: people’s lives.</STRONG> Add your name to the call to
release the patents on COVID vaccines which are <STRONG>our way out of
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<P><BIG>Hi,</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Adriano Trevisan was 77 years old and had a gentle smile.</B> He
loved to play cards with the locals of his small Italian hometown of Vo’. <B>He
was the first person to die of COVID-19 in Italy.</B> [1]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><STRONG>Since then </STRONG><B><STRONG>it’s </STRONG>been hard to learn
the names, faces and stories of those we have lost. Instead we are presented
with numbers.</B> 88,845 deaths in Italy. Over 100,000 in the UK. [2]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>So as the vaccines fight continues, we watch companies like AstraZeneca
hold way too much power on who gets them. <B>It’s easy to forget what is at
stake.</B> A sister. A friend. A grandfather. </BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>Vaccines are the single best chance of survival for millions.</B> We
need to be able to produce them more widely and we need them to be affordable to
get out of this pandemic. <B>The first step is to make the rights to produce the
vaccines, the patents, public. </B></BIG></P>
<P><BIG><B>It’s possible to do,</B> but standing up to big pharma and their
profits isn't easy. Charles Michel, President of the EU Council, has just joined
the call of some MEPs for AstraZeneca’s patent to be made public. [3] Let’s make
sure he puts his words into action.</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>Think about Polio for a moment -- it was a massive killer 50 years ago
that left children crippled and an American president in a wheelchair. But you
don’t hear about it much today because it was all but eradicated by vaccines -
<B>patent free vaccines.</B> When Dr Jonas Salk, the developer of the first
polio vaccine, was asked who owns the patent, he said this:</BIG></P>
<P><BIG><I>“The people, I would say. There is no patent. Could you patent the
sun?”</I> [4]</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>In a pandemic that has claimed the lives of so many, there is no reason
that COVID vaccines should not belong to people.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>We are already seeing some key EU politicians speak up. It’s a start,
but it’s not enough. This is where we come in. A one-hundred-thousand-strong
petition will help our leaders know they can’t lose their nerve now. </BIG></P>
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<P><BIG><STRONG>The WeMove Europe community has come together in these
unprecedented times to speak up for a new normal </STRONG>-- from a universal
basic income for all to a recovery package for us built on solidarity. A
people-powered and people-owned way out of this health crisis could be part of
the new normal too.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>For Adriano Trevisan, and those we lost before and after him, let’s not
forget what is at stake.</BIG></P>
<P><BIG>With hope,<BR>David (London), Olga (Bologna), Alex (Marseille) and the
entire WeMove team</BIG></P>
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<P><BIG>PS: While many of us struggled over the last year, it’s no secret that
big pharma has come out as one of the ‘big winners’ in this pandemic. For them,
keeping a patent means protecting their profits. [5]<STRONG> <A
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<P><SMALL>References:<BR>[1]
https:<SPAN>//www.repubblica</SPAN>.it/cronaca/2020/02/22/news/adriano_trevisan_la_prima_vittima_di_coronavirus_in_italia-249260446/
(Article in Italian)<BR>[2]
https:<SPAN>//www.ecdc</SPAN>.europa<SPAN>.eu</SPAN>/en/cases-2019-ncov-eueea
https<SPAN>://www.</SPAN>bbc<SPAN>.</SPAN>com/news/uk-52676411<BR>[3]
https:<SPAN>//www.politico</SPAN>.eu/article/charles-michel-says-eu-could-invoke-urgent-measures-response-coronavirus-vaccine-shortfall/<BR>[4]
https:<SPAN>//www.democracynow</SPAN>.org/2021/1/15/coronavirus_polio_vaccine_development_peter_salk<BR>[5]
https:<SPAN>//www.bbc</SPAN>.com/news/business-54446285 </SMALL></P>
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