Big Pharma Refuses to Lift Patents on the Covid-19 Vaccines the World Desperately Needs

Doing so may be the only chance of ending the pandemic

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On one side are the leaders of 57 nations, the Pope, and a coalition of nursing unions all over the world. On the other are the executives of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical corporations. At issue is an idea that may be the…