Vaccine inequality has major consequences for all of us.
Team,
Vaccines are the key to helping the world beat COVID-19.
But right now, vaccine patents held by private pharmaceutical companies are slowing down the global effort to get a critical mass of people inoculated against this virus.
Developing countries and those with less funding for public health are pacing behind us in vaccination rates because the information they need to develop and produce effective vaccines is being safeguarded by companies like Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson.
As a physician, I know that you cannot beat a pandemic with an every-man-for-themselves approach.
Vaccine inequality has major consequences for all of us. The more people remain unvaccinated globally, the more opportunity COVID-19 has to develop new variants -- undermining our ability to confront this crisis.
P.S. - Anyone in the U.S. 18 or older who received a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine more than 6 months ago, or a J&J vaccine more than 2 months ago, is now eligible for their booster (I received mine last month)! If you haven’t already, please consider scheduling yours today!
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