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Counties Most Vulnerable to COVID Have Been the Slowest to Vaccinate
Four months of data shows healthier -- often wealthier -- counties have been faster to vaccinate.
US Keeps Blocking Vaccine Patent Waivers Amid Big Pharma Lobbying
There is a “glut” of vaccines going to wealthy countries while much of the rest of the world is left waiting.
Capitalism and Racism Are Enemies of an Effective Vaccine Plan
COVID’s impacts have been felt the most by the economically marginalized who also have the least access to vaccines.
CDC Finds Anxiety Was Cause of Many Adverse Responses to J&J Vaccine
Researchers suggested that those with strong aversion to needles were more likely to seek out the one-shot vaccine.
Lifting IP Restrictions Could Help the World Vaccinate 60% of Population by 2022
Calls grow for wealthy countries to loosen intellectual property restrictions on COVID vaccines and share excess supply.
Seattle City Council Calls on Biden to Support Vaccine Patent Waiver
The pharmaceutical industry, meanwhile, is aggressively lobbying the Biden White House to maintain its opposition.
Biden Is Providing Some Vaccines to India But Hasn’t Budged on Patent Waiver
COVID knows no borders. Neither should we.
Billionaire Bill Gates Says “No” to Sharing Vaccine Recipes With Poor Countries
Earlier this month 66 organizations called on the U.S. to initiate a global vaccine manufacturing program.
Abuse and Lack of Transparency Fuel Vaccine Mistrust in ICE Jails
The vaccine rollout is being derailed by the fact that the people have no trust in the ICE jailers giving the shots.
Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump-Era Vaccine Apartheid
Biden is under intense pressure to choose people over pharmaceutical profits as COVID outbreaks continue globally.