Submitted on Thursday 7th January 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 12th January 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Ensure the COVID-19 vaccine is affordable for all people: waive TRIPS agreement
Call on the government to consider holding debates in Parliament to push for waiving intellectual property rights and making the COVID-19 vaccine affordable for all people regardless of where they were born, where they live or how much money they have. COVID-19 treatment should not be for profit.
The UK Government must reconsider India and South Africa’s request to the WTO that intellectual property rights must not create barriers to timely access affordable vaccines and medicines essential to combat COVID-19. The COVID-19 vaccine like many other treatments is paid for with public funds. Regardless of where people live or how much money they have, it should not be up to pharmaceutical companies, corporations, and patent laws to decide who lives or dies.
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Support the proposal to suspend patents for COVID-19 vaccines
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564005
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