He knows the policy discusses the best strategies for the containment of Covid-19, the pharmaceutical industry for months instead focused on the development of an effective vaccine. Pending, public (collateral) movements are mobilized. They get busy. Especially those who would not want the research to be conditioned (only) by economic and partisan interests. In this sense, the appeal of 101 public figures should be read, united in asking that vaccines against Covid-19 be a universal common good free of any proprietary patent rights. A free vaccine, before it goes into production and distribution.
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From George Clooney to Nicola Zingaretti
The 101 army made up of people from different fronts. From that of politics, the scientific and academic world, entertainment, culture and economics. The letter-manifesto, published by Repubblica, was written and written by Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace Prize in 2006, who first launched the initiative with its foundation. Signatories include Bono Vox, Andrea Bocelli, George Clooney, Sharon Stone, Matt Damon, Forest Whitaker, Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu, Democratic Party Secretary Nicola Zingaretti, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, the former President of Poland Lech Walesa, professors Luigino Bruni and Raffaele Lomonaco, ecclesiastics Enzo Fortunato, Mauro Gambetti and Giulio Albanese. The fear warned that the search for the vaccine could turn into a sort of activity jungle. In an explosion of initiatives that legitimize each other, losing sight of the deeper, more human sense of care for everyone. Without distinctions.
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The document
In fact, the document reads: There is an explosion of research and clinical studies to find treatments and vaccines. The only way to definitively eradicate the pandemic of having a vaccine that can be administered to all the inhabitants of the planet (…) who live in rich or poor countries (…). Governments, foundations, international financial organizations such as the World Bank and regional development banks should elaborate details on how to make vaccines available for free. It’s still. a long process. The estimated time to develop a Covid-19 vaccine of approximately 18 months minimum, which would be an absolute speed record. We need to develop an unequivocal procedure to determine what the fair amount would be to make the vaccine publicly available. For this reason, the information provided by the private sector, scientists and authorities must be timely, accurate, clear, complete and transparent. And the search results should be in the public domain.
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The proposal
We call for an international committee to be set up to monitor vaccine research and to ensure equal access to the vaccine for all countries and all people within a publicly announced time frame. The names of the recipients are mentioned in the appeal. Many. We address all world leaders, the Secretary General of the United Nations, the Director General of the World Health Organization, religious leaders, social leaders, moral leaders, leaders of research laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and leaders of the media.
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