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You’ve really got to work to earn a Times headline this brutal. https://t.co/W54HNmHr38
— Dread MD (@notdred) October 9, 2021
NYT reports that the Biden admin has been pressing Moderna to license the company’s technology to overseas manufacturers. https://t.co/MPryJ0DpNZ
— Amy Maxmen, PhD (@amymaxmen) October 9, 2021
But why isn't the gov't sharing Moderna's recipe? When I asked HHS why not, they declined to comment. https://t.co/wVOe1t8sOh pic.twitter.com/XBuZ3BVt6z
The USA government paid to develop this vaccine so capitalists could profit. And of course the imperialized pay the real price.https://t.co/xnQ1Ayhml7
— Luna Oi! ?? ¡ANTI-USAID ACTION! ?? (@LunaOi_VN) October 9, 2021
Moderna is perpetrating vaccine apartheid. https://t.co/RsTSDXdlcx
— Ady Barkan (@AdyBarkan) October 9, 2021
⁉️What is the accountability of ? Boards of Directors for ? vaccine inequity & its ☠️ consequences? What is the responsibility of ?institutional investors?
— Dr. Peter A Singer, OC (@PeterASinger) October 9, 2021
Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor - The New York Times https://t.co/6hDk2V1Pbi
New: Moderna is coming under growing pressure for having delivered its shots almost exclusively to wealthy countries so far. https://t.co/iCVB4p7avV
— Rebecca Robbins (@RebeccaDRobbins) October 9, 2021
Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor https://t.co/SzxrTJaJh3
— Monica Gandhi MD, MPH (@MonicaGandhi9) October 9, 2021
mid-income countries paying 2x price, low-inc countries can’t even reach company, few outside richest countries received many doses at all
— Matthew Kavanagh (@MMKavanagh) October 9, 2021
This is not, as @moderna_tx CEO claims, best they can do w/this publicly funded tech:
license & tech transfer TODAYhttps://t.co/zT6SLTUe45
I can't even.
— Ubaka Ogbogu (@UbakaOgbogu) October 9, 2021
"Some poorer countries are paying more and waiting longer for the company’s vaccine than the wealthy — if they have access at all." https://t.co/COd0lXt4gq
New @nytimes investigation: Moderna has sent few vaccine doses to world's poorest countries and has made middle-income nations pay more and wait longer than the rich.
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) October 9, 2021
All while it's earned billions on a vaccine developed with govt help. @RebeccaDRobbins https://t.co/efUrIVqEQp
Moderna, Racing for Profits, Keeps Covid Vaccine Out of Reach of Poor https://t.co/hrUXIz3cfT
— Gabriel Zucman (@gabriel_zucman) October 9, 2021
Warning: This will (should) anger you:
— Dr. Amy Tan 譚玉英 ? Racism=Public Health crisis* (@AmyTanMD) October 9, 2021
Re Moderna“We’re here to make money. We’ve stumbled upon a good thing, and we’re not even trying to pretend that we’re trying to save the world.”
Capitalism & Greed ensuring the world loses its moral compass.
https://t.co/0GZRrZGNZx
“Thailand and Colombia are paying a premium. Botswana’s doses are late. Tunisia couldn’t get in touch with Moderna.”
— Aaron Richterman, MD (@AaronRichterman) October 9, 2021
But the boosters are ready to go.
Shameful
https://t.co/ma6GythW9Q
?#Moderna$
— Fatima Hassan (@_HassanF) October 9, 2021
'About one mill doses of Moderna’s vaccine have gone to' low income countries.
'By contrast, 8.4 mill Pfizer doses have gone to those countries. Of the handful of MICs that have reached deals to buy...most have not yet received any doses...'https://t.co/F4OEKfEija
#covidVaccines are less risky than infection @MSNOmass @schoolnurses @lstolts14 https://t.co/zjS1YIzGxf
— Erin Silvia (@erinRN4kids) October 8, 2021