From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org):
The COVID-19 pandemic has already cost hundreds of thousands of lives and could push billions of people into hunger and poverty in the US and across the globe. Safe and effective treatments and vaccines offer a way out of this nightmare, and many scientists are working hard to deliver exactly this.
But once approved, access to treatments and vaccines will determine who lives and who dies. That’s why we must get Big Pharma to commit to making any successful treatments or vaccines for COVID-19 free and fair to all, now and in the future.
Go to https://secure2.oxfamamerica.org/page/s/big-pharma-make-all-covid-19-medicines-vaccines-free-and-fair to tell Big Pharma: Put People Before Profits
Big Pharma is notorious for making billions off of taxpayer-funded research, charging sky-high prices, and funneling profits to wealthy investors. In the context of COVID-19, that would mean life-saving innovations would be available to the privileged few, but a disaster for the many.
We are calling on Big Pharma to:
- Commit to not profit from the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Cooperate with governments to make all COVID-19 treatments and vaccines free to all who need them here and around the world.
- Forgo monopoly control over all COVID-19 treatments and vaccines to unleash worldwide, low-cost production.
COVID-19 anywhere means COVID-19 everywhere. We must urgently act now to demand that Big Pharma take these steps to protect the most vulnerable people all around the world. Add your name now.
Thank you for standing with us and with all those who have been affected by this pandemic at home and abroad.
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