News Brief: Big Pharma, Bill Gates Spin Against Generic Vaccines for Global South as Biden a No Show
Added 2021-04-10 22:48:20 +0000 UTCIn this News Brief, we break down the PR campaign against activists who want intellectual property rules suspended so that poor countries can manufacture their own generic vaccines.
Our guest is Peter Maybarduk, a human rights lawyer and Director of the Global Access to Medicines program at Public Citizen.
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Show Notes
Scottie Andrew | February 18, 2021 | CNN
U.S. won’t share vaccine before all Americans receive shots, officials say
Carmen Paun | February 18, 2021 | Politico
The Global South Faces a 'Vaccine Apartheid'
Hadas Thier | February 19, 2021 | In These Times
Drug Lobby Asks Biden To Punish Foreign Countries Pushing For Low-Cost Vaccines
Lee Fang | March 3, 2021 | The Intercept
Kenny Stancil | March 9, 2021 | Common Dreams
Is COVAX part of the problem or the solution?
Jenny Lei Ravelo | March 11, 2021 | Devex
Marianne Guenot | March 12, 2021 | Insider
Waiving vaccine patents won’t help inoculate poorer nations
Rachel Silverman | Mach 15, 2021 | The Washington Post
Open Letter: End Vaccine Apartheid
The Editorial Board | March 18, 2021 | The Boycott Times
A global vaccine apartheid is unfolding. People’s lives must come before profit
Winnie Byanyima | January 29, 2021 | The Guardian
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Transcript
A full transcript of this News Brief is available here.
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