Individuals's Vaccine: Calls Grow for Equal Access to Coronavirus Vaccine as Rich Countries Stockpile Supply
While the United States, Britain and other wealthy countries race to vaccinate their populations versus the coronavirus, a new report finds that as much as 90% of the population in dozens of poorer nations could be required to wait until at least 2022 since wealthy nations are hoarding so much of the vaccine supply. A growing movement is requiring the development of an individuals’s vaccine and the suspension of intellectual property rights to expand gain access to. We consult with Dr. Mohga Kamal-Yanni, a policy consultant to the People’s Vaccine Alliance, and Achal Prabhala, a public health supporter and organizer of the AccessIBSA job, which campaigns for access to medicines in India, Brazil and South Africa.
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