'Too Little, Too Late,' Campaigners Say as Pfizer Pledges Lower Vaccine Costs for Poor Nations

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'Too Little, Too Late,' Campaigners Say as Pfizer Pledges Lower Vaccine Costs for Poor Nations
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'We shouldn't hail pandemic profiteers as heroes, even when they make qualified gestures like this.' —peoplesvaccine

Our World in Data, just 16.2% of people in low-income countries have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose. By contrast, nearly 80% of people in high-income countries have gotten at least one dose.revealed

Such a waiver, proponents argue, would empower lower-income countries to produce their own vaccines and treatments without fear of legal retribution from Big Pharma.

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