People's Vaccine -- on fire!🔥

Incredible! Almost 1 million people from around the world, including scientists, artists, and citizens from all walks of life, have joined

Dear friends, Our call for a People's Vaccine is again on fire! We're nearly 1 million -- Nobel Laureates, scientists, and now artists like George Clooney, Sharon Stone, Forest Whitaker are joining hands with citizens from around the world to demand Covid vaccines and treatments become accessible to all, not just the richest countries. More than 100 governments already endorse an emergency proposal that would allow production to be massively scaled up, and experts say that public pressure can help persuade the US and other key countries to join and tip the balance!  Add your name now, and share widely -- Avaaz will work with this incredible platform of global voices to ensure we are heard all over the media - and in the corridors of power, ahead of a crucial meeting later this month. ADD MY NAME To world leaders, pharmaceutical companies, and member countries of the World Trade Organization: We call on you to urgently ensure access to lifesaving Covid-19 vaccines, treatments and equipment for everyone in the world. Patents should be lifted, technological knowledge shared freely and openly, and no profiteering allowed during this pandemic. Governments, scientists and pharmaceutical companies must cooperate and combine resources to ensure no one is left behind. The pandemic will not be over, until it's over everywhere. ADD MY NAME More about the campaign: Covid vaccines could save millions of lives -- but there's a catch. The vaccines are owned by Big Pharma giants and they can't produce enough for everyone fast -- the world's richest countries have already bought most of the doses, leaving developing nations facing a massive shortfall. But it doesn't have to be like this. Governments could agree this month on a global plan to suspend all patents for Covid-19 vaccines, allowing production to be massively scaled up. Let's make it happen -- add your name to the urgent appeal to join Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus, George Clooney, Annie Lennox, Forest Whitaker, Sharon Stone, and 1 million people from around the world, to demand vaccines for all: ADD MY NAME Patents must be lifted -- and it's happened before. In 2001, after years of public pressure, the countries of the world agreed to free HIV/Aids treatments from patents, allowing affordable, generic versions to be made, saving millions of lives. Now they must do it again. India and South Africa, supported by more than 100 nations, have tabled an emergency proposal at the World Trade Organisation to temporarily suspend the patents for Covid-related vaccines and treatments, until the pandemic is over. Governments are meeting again soon - so let's create a huge wave of public support to help pass this emergency proposal, and make Covid treatments available to everyone! With hope and determination, Spyro, Luis, Marie, Adela, Will and the whole team at Avaaz This campaign is part of the People's Vaccine alliance

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