📆 Join the global People's Vaccine Day of Action

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Hi John,

I’m sure like me, you were excited to hear the news that the first Covid-19 vaccine has been approved and that roll-out will be starting this week. But it would be even better if this roll-out was also happening for other countries too.

But it isn’t because, so far, most of the doses produced by Pfizer have already been bought by rich countries, leaving countries in the global south with little or nothing. And without pressure on the pharmaceutical companies, there simply won’t be enough supplies for all countries and the poorest countries could have to wait until 2024 before they get any vaccines.

We need a people’s vaccine, not a profit vaccine.

Will you join our global day of action on 14 December for a people’s vaccine?

Join the People's Vaccine Day of Action

What we're asking for

On 14 December, we want to bombard Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca with phone calls to demand that these companies join the World Health Organisation’s Covid-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP).

This global pool was set up to help companies share their patents and share how to make the vaccines with other companies. Joining C-TAP will mobilise more manufacturers to expand production so there are enough doses for everyone, everywhere.

So far, pharmaceutical companies have refused to join. And that’s why we need you to help ramp up the pressure.

Help put pressure on pharmaceutical companies so everyone everywhere can get a vaccine.

Join the People's Vaccine Day of Action

Pharmaceutical companies hold patents on their vaccines and this means that no one else can make or supply their vaccine. They also keep the knowledge of how to make their vaccine under wraps, making it very difficult to replicate the process. With no other company able to also make the vaccine, there just won’t be enough for everyone who needs one and it is countries in the global south that will be at the back of the queue.

This is so unfair - getting a vaccine shouldn’t be about wealth, but corporations put profits before public health. And it's not just about equity, it will also delay the end of this pandemic. Leaving large parts of the world without a vaccine allows the virus to mutate making the effective vaccines of today, useless tomorrow.

We hope that by mobilising as many people as possible to call the companies, we get these companies to pay attention. No one should die because they can’t get the vaccine.

Thanks for your support,

Heidi Chow
Campaigner at Global Justice Now

NOTES

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/03/rich-states-covid-deals-may-deprive-poor-of-vaccine-for-years

[2] https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/2020/nov/11/most-pfizers-vaccine-already-promised-richest-campaigners-warn

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