So far, less than 1% of vaccine doses have gone to low-income countries, as wealthy countries hoard 85% of available doses.

Many nurses and other frontline workers still lack access to personal protective equipment, tests, and treatments. They—along with billions of their patients, family and community members—could have to wait two years or more to get vaccinated.

This vaccine apartheid is completely unacceptable. Not only will it cause immense—and avoidable—suffering and death in low-and-middle-income countries, but it will prolong the global pandemic by allowing dangerous new variants to spread.

If you’re with us, join us for our End Vaccine Apartheid Teach-in next week on Tuesday, July 6th. I’ll be speaking along with other activists and direct action experts, and together we’ll work to build the movement necessary to challenge corporate greed and ensure vaccine justice around the world.

Nurses know exactly who to blame for vaccine inequality: Big Pharma and their political allies. 

The truth is, we can vaccinate the world right now.  Global South countries have the capacity to manufacture and distribute Covid-19 vaccines, but pharmaceutical companies are blocking them, spending millions on lobbying to preserve intellectual property barriers—even though Covid vaccine development was largely publicly funded. No one should die for drug company profits, especially during this pandemic.

At this Teach-in on Tuesday, you’ll hear from speakers who are deeply engaged in the struggle for vaccine distribution across the world. You’ll also have the chance to speak with me and other direct action experts who will share best practices on putting boots on the ground and actions that can be taken right now.

So what do you say — will you join us to learn about the path forward to ending vaccine inequity?

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Thank you for standing with us. I’m looking forward to taking action with you on Tuesday!

In solidarity,

Zenei Triunfo-Cortez, RN
President
National Nurses United