Protestors push Moderna to drop vaccine prices, share technology!
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Protestors Push Moderna to Drop Vaccine Prices, Share Technology!

Grassroots "Vaccinate Our World" campaign actions continued this week as advocates conducted a protest and ‘die-in’ at the U.S. headquarters of COVID-19 vaccine producer Moderna in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Tuesday. Activists demanded that the drug company halt its ‘pandemic profiteering’ by lowering its exorbitant prices per dose and sharing vaccine patents to boost production globally.

There have been 4.5 million global COVID-19 deaths, and roughly 70% of the world’s population has yet to receive a single vaccine dose—yet Moderna is set to reap over $22 billion from vaccine sales in 2021 alone. The price for a single Moderna jab can cost as much as $37, while competitor AstraZeneca sells its doses for under $5, by comparison.

"Some of us in America are deciding whether or not we want to take our next shot – when most people worldwide haven’t even gotten their first shot," said Tracy Jones, Senior Director & National Director of Mobilization Campaigns for AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). "It’s time to share the patents! It’s our responsibility to hold drug companies accountable and help the rest of the world get out of this pandemic."

The demonstration at Moderna’s headquarters come two weeks after AHF and partner advocates held similar actions at Pfizer’s offices in New York City. The two vaccine makers are the leading producers of mRNA vaccines, with the companies collecting more than 90% of global COVID-19 vaccine revenues and having secured a combined $60 billion in vaccine sales just in 2021 and 2022.
Vaccine makers like @moderna_tx are charging 15% to 25% more per dose than they did for the first set of shipments. Meanwhile, low-income countries have only vaccinated about 2% of their populations! Say it with us: Hey Hey! Ho Ho! MODERNA GREED HAS GOT TO GO!
 

"We’re never going to get out of the global pandemic if these [drug] companies don’t start sharing vaccines and supporting other countries around the world to get everybody vaccinated," added AHF Senior Regional Director Marlene Lalota. "Generations will judge these companies by their actions. Today is the day – lower the price, lower the profits, share the patents!"
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Celebrating Safer LOVE in China

AHF and a local partner in Chongqing recently celebrated the Chinese Valentine’s Day with young people by inviting them to take part in interactive games, quizzes, and an educational talk about safer sex practices. During COVID-19, people have fewer opportunities to hang out and go out on dates, but condoms are still the best protection against sexually transmitted infections, such as HIV, when intimate opportunities present themselves.

The Chinese Valentine’s Day is often seen as a somewhat conservative celebration, so AHF decided to make things a bit more exciting and talk about how condoms can be de-stigmatized by combining the ideas of emotions and personal responsibility under the theme "Love is Protection."

"I’m glad to be able to attend this event. It’s nice to bring up prevention in this more relaxed setting. Lots of people think they know enough, but in fact they don’t," said one of the attendees. "It’s important to keep advocating about safer sex to the general public. It should be a social norm that everyone talks about."
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AHF provides HIV/AIDS medical care and/or services to more than 1.5 million clients worldwide.
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