Rejected petition UK government to support patent waiver for production of Covid-19 vaccines.

Support the proposed patent waiver on production of COVID-19 vaccines, as proposed by the WTO on 15th January 2021 https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/SS/directdoc.aspx?filename=q:/IP/C/W673.pdf&Open=True

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The is the morally correct thing for the UK government to do to enable developing countries to offer vaccination to their people as soon as possible.

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You might like to sign the following petition:

Support the proposal to suspend patents for COVID-19 vaccines
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564005

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Date submitted 19 February 2021
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