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Our
call for a People's Vaccine is again on fire!
We're nearly 1 million -- Nobel
Laureates, scientists, and now artists like
George Clooney, Sharon Stone,
Forest Whitaker are joining hands with citizens
from around the world to demand Covid
vaccines and treatments become accessible to
all, not just the richest
countries. More than 100 governments
already endorse an emergency proposal that would
allow production to be massively scaled up, and
experts say that public pressure can help
persuade persuade the US and other key countries
to join and tip the
balance!Now share this
global call with your friends, family, and
groups on WhatsApp -- Avaaz will work
with this incredible platform of global voices
to ensure we are heard all over the media - and
in the corridors of power, ahead of a crucial
meeting later this month.
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To world leaders, pharmaceutical companies,
and member countries of the World Trade
Organization:We call on you to urgently
ensure access to lifesaving Covid-19 vaccines,
treatments and equipment for everyone in the
world. Patents should be lifted, technological
knowledge shared freely and openly, and no
profiteering allowed during this pandemic.
Governments, scientists and pharmaceutical
companies must cooperate and combine resources
to ensure no one is left behind. The pandemic
will not be over, until it’s over everywhere.
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More about the campaign:Covid vaccines
could save millions of lives -- but
there's a catch. The
vaccines are owned by Big Pharma giants and they
can’t produce enough for everyone fast
-- the world's richest countries have already
bought most of the doses, leaving developing
nations facing a massive shortfall. But
it doesn't have to be like this.
Governments could agree this month on a
global plan to suspend all patents for Covid-19
vaccines, allowing production to be
massively scaled up. Let's make it
happen -- share this urgent appeal on
WhatsApp and Facebook, to join Nobel Laureate
Dr. Muhammad Yunus, George Clooney, Annie
Lennox, Forest Whitaker, Sharon Stone... and 1
million people from around the world, to demand
vaccines for all:
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Patents
must be lifted -- and it's happened
before. In 2001, after years of public
pressure, the countries of the world agreed to
free HIV/Aids treatments from patents, allowing
affordable, generic versions to be made, saving
millions of lives. Now they must do it
again.
India and South Africa, supported
by more than 100 nations, have tabled an
emergency proposal at the World Trade
Organisation to temporarily suspend the patents
for Covid-related vaccines and treatments, until
the pandemic is over.
Governments are
meeting again soon - so let’s create a
huge wave of public support to help pass this
emergency proposal, and make Covid treatments
available to everyone!
With hope
and determination,
Spyro, Luis, Marie, Adela,
Will and the whole team at Avaaz
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