This pandemic will not be over until it's over for everyone, everywhere. That's why Doctors Without Borders is fighting for COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed fairly and equitably to people all over the world on the basis of need--not profits.
The Biden administration has announced plans to share a small portion of America's COVID-19 vaccine surplus and purchase 500 million doses for distribution globally. While these are great first steps, they don't go far enough, fast enough. The world needs more doses NOW. Every day we wait, more people will die. We run the risk that new variants—possibly with the potential to spread in spite of currently available vaccines—will take hold.
We're calling on the Biden administration to:
- share more surplus vaccine doses as quickly and widely as possible.
- help scale up mRNA vaccine manufacturing capacity around the world.
- remove intellectual property barriers that limit our ability to develop the vaccines and treatments needed to end this pandemic.
- open the black box to reveal how pharmaceutical corporations spend taxpayer dollars to bring vaccines and other medical tools to market.
The fight against COVID-19 is global—and will only be successful if we share our resources globally, freely, and quickly. Add your name now to demand that we give everyone a shot—and show your support for sharing vaccine resources and technology with the world!
