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💔 People in India are dying, whilst rich countries refuse to share existing vaccine technologies with the world. 📣You can change this! Sign our legisl. proposal to the European Commission, and share this message! ⏩noprofitonpandemic.eu We need a #PeoplesVaccine #TRIPSwaiver

PHM, @mmi_updates & @G2H2_Geneva are launching the book #GHW6 today evening in Geneva. Join us if you are in the city. We are excited to meet friends in person after a long gap. :) You can read introduction to the book here: bit.ly/3LUfMaR

Sign the European Citizens Initiative at noprofitonpandemic.eu like Carola Rackete.

🇦🇹 A group of grandmas and grandpas started yesterday a 3 day vigil in Vienna to commemorate the Covid-19 deaths. They continue the protest until Wednesday, when a crucial @wto meeting takes place. 📣 'Patents Kill' & 'Free the Patents, end the pandemic' #TRIPSwaiver

Schril contrast: terwijl PM @alexanderdecroo de farma industrie in 🇧🇪 bejubeld, protesteert men in Zuid-Afrika tegen Belgische blokkade van de #tripswaiver. Wereldwijd ontbreken #covid19 behandelingen, test en vaccins nog steeds massaal. #Stateoftheunion #vivaldi @BelgiumPretoria

Transparency, @EU_Commission style

Groups worldwide called on @EU_Commission to act to #EndVaccineApartheid. In this months overdue response from @IamPerHaugaard @vonderleyen, they say they share the goal of global vaccine equity but: – Won't push patent waiver – Are donating doses at a snail's pace Unacceptable

'Commerc. healthcare systems are less effective in responding to crises ... and could put at risk the lives of the population they serve'. Sharing this report by @GIESCR on Italy’s experience during Cov.19 & the limits of privatisation in healthcare 👉 gi-escr.org/latest-news/5p…

"The level of colonial mindset to say 'we can't give you something because we're afraid you won't use it,' I mean, seriously? In the middle of a pandemic?" @WHO's @DrMikeRyan blasts those worried about donated vaccines being "wasted" in poorer countries with delivery challenges.

Did you know that the MRNA technology used for some Covid-19 vaccines is developed by public universities? Hear the full story, and much more, during @zeroCovid_DACH 's event 👇

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😷 Cela est nécessaire pour disposer rapidement de vaccins plus nombreux et moins chers, et ainsi empêcher l'apparition de nouveaux variants du virus. Nous ne devrions pas payer pour les profits de Big Pharma. THREAD 3/4

🙌 Notre campagne fonctionne ! Le 9 juin, le Parlement européen a adopté une résolution en faveur de la levée temporaire des brevets sur les vaccins et traitements COVID-19. THREAD 1/4

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😷 This is necessary to quickly have more, cheaper vaccines, and thus prevent new variants of the virus. We should not pay for Big Pharma's profits. THREAD 3/4

🙌 Our campaign is working! On June 9th, the European Parliament adopted a resolution in favour of temporarily lifting the patents on COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. THREAD 1/4

✊With the European Citizens' Initiative, we have already collected 205,000 signatures to make the vaccine a public good, available to the whole world. We need more signatures. Make your voice heard. Sign and share now: ✍️ noprofitonpandemic.eu THREAD 4/4

✊Avec l'initiative citoyenne européenne, nous avons déjà recueilli 205 000 signatures pour faire du vaccin un bien public mondialement disponible. Nous avons besoin de beaucoup plus de signatures ! Signez et partagez maintenant : ✍️ noprofitonpandemic.eu/fr/ THREAD 4/4

💉 Mais la Commission européenne continue de bloquer la suspension. Nous avons donc encore un long chemin à parcourir.