{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/577171.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":577171,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"The Government should support the proposal to scrap patents on COVID-19 vaccines","background":"The government currently supports the intellectual property system relating to COVID-19 vaccines on the world stage. This will limit the production of vaccines whilst supporting Big Pharma. The government has the responsibility to make these vaccines available during this global struggle.","additional_details":"Much of the money used to fund the development of medicines/vaccines for COVID-19 is public money. Thus, it is inappropriate to funnel much of this money back into profits for Big Pharma at the cost of high COVID-19 rates in other countries. \r\nFurthermore, high infection rates Worldwide increase the chance of the new strains with possible immunity to our current vaccines.","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":13,"created_at":"2021-02-26T12:10:37.903Z","updated_at":"2021-03-05T09:55:44.196Z","rejected_at":"2021-03-05T09:55:44.200Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2021-02-26T14:08:27.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/564005"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}