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Future Human

Mar 31, 2021

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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

The silhouette of a vaccine shot hovering over dark silhouettes of people from various age groups. — Photo: japatino/Moment/Getty Images

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…

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