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Vigils Calling for\u00a0<\/strong>Global Access to COVID Vaccines & Treatments Held Coast-to-Coast<\/strong><\/p>\n

Activists Voice Support for a Fast & Comprehensive \u201cTRIPS Waiver\u201d Needed to Increase Global Production of Vaccines & Medical Supplies<\/em><\/p>\n

San Francisco, Calif. \u2014\u00a0Activists across the Unites States are gathering at both U.S. federal buildings and foreign consulates starting today for a series of vigils remembering those who have died from COVID-19 and calling on governments worldwide to support a speedy and comprehensive intellectual property waiver needed to increase global production of COVID vaccines, treatments and diagnostics.\u00a0 The vigils come just days before a major international meeting where governments will discuss such a waiver.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile Americans increasingly have widespread access to COVID vaccination, huge numbers of people around the world aren\u2019t expected to have access to a vaccine for years unless global production is dramatically increased,\u201d said Arthur Stamoulis of Citizens Trade Campaign.\u00a0 \u201cWe commend President Biden for supporting a waiver of intellectual property rules for COVID vaccines, and urge him to continue that leadership by pushing for a fast, comprehensive final agreement that translates into getting shots into people\u2019s arms as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

From today through Sunday, vigil attendees in\u00a0San Francisco, Seattle, Tucson, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Albany, New York and elsewhere<\/a>\u00a0will be reading the names of loved ones lost to COVID-19, lighting candles, and holding moments of silence.\u00a0 Carrying signs reading \u201cDelay = Death,\u201d they are also demanding that governments take action next week to finalize a global measure that would enable greater production of the vaccines and other medical supplies needed to help save millions of lives and end the pandemic .<\/p>\n

At roughly half of the events, organizers will deliver letters to foreign consulates calling on countries to support an emergency waiver of \u201cTrade Related Intellectual Property Rights\u201d (TRIPS) at the World Trade Organization (WTO) that was first introduced by India and South Africa that would enable COVID vaccines and treatments to be produced in more locations.\u00a0 The waiver proposal, which is supported by the Biden administration and over 100 other nations, will be discussed at the WTO\u2019s TRIPS Council meeting on June 8 and 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe governments of Germany, Brazil, Australia, Japan and Colombia are some of the last holdouts against a global agreement to waive intellectual property rights so that COVID vaccines, diagnostics and treatments can be produced in as many places as possible as quickly as possible,\u201d said Will Wiltschko, director of the California Trade Justice Coalition.\u00a0 \u201cWe\u2019re visiting their consulates because every day of delay on the TRIPS waiver means more needless death, more families pushed into poverty and greater chances of a viral mutation that can evade current vaccines and start the pandemic all over again for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOver 12,000 people are dying of COVID every day,\u201d said George Kimball, who organized the vigil in Albany.\u00a0 \u201cThe idea that any country would prioritize pharmaceutical companies\u2019 profits over saving as many lives as possible and ending this pandemic is an outrage.\u00a0 Governments need to get together and approve the TRIPS waiver now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vigils were organized by the California Trade Justice Coalition, Center for Popular Democracy, Citizens Trade Campaign, Health GAP, Justice Is Global, Metro New York Health Care for All, New York Trade Justice Coalition, Public Citizen\u2019s Global Trade Watch, Texas Fair Trade Coalition, Washington Fair Trade Coalition and others. \u00a0A complete list of events is\u00a0online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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