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Line 85: ** [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-china/china-to-strengthen-global-cooperation-in-covid-19-vaccine-trials-idUSKBN23E02Z China to strengthen global cooperation in COVID-19 vaccine trials, Ryan Woo, Lusha Zhang and Roxanne Liu, ''Reuters''] (6 June 2020) * Nobel peace laureate [[Desmond Tutu]] and actor [[George Clooney]] are among more than 100 people who have signed an appeal for COVID-19 vaccines to be declared a global [[common good]] and made widely available. The appeal is led by the founder of the microcredit movement [[Muhammad Yunus|Muhammad Yunus,]] also a [[w:Nobel peace prize|Nobel peace prize]] winner, who said some [[pharmaceutical]] companies had declared vaccines would be provided to rich countries in [[Europe]] and the [[United States]] first. There is currently no vaccine against COVID-19, but more than 100 are in development around the world as drugmakers race to combat the pandemic that has killed more than 500,000 people globally. Yunus said he was also planning to create an [[w:open-source|open-source]] company to produce vaccines around the world and was open to discussion with governments and [[w:pharmaceutical companies|pharmaceutical companies]] on how to set it up. ** Darnell Christie, [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-vaccine-trfn/nobel-winners-call-for-coronavirus-vaccines-to-be-available-for-all-idUSKBN2402MQCOVID-19: "Nobel winners call for coronavirus vaccines to be available for all"], [[w:Thomson Reuters Foundation|''Thomson Reuters Foundation'']], (29 June 2020) Line 98: * Noting that U.S. taxpayers have contributed billions of dollars to help develop a Covid-19 vaccine, the Vermont senator (Bernie Sanders) asked the panel: "Would you agree with me that after that kind of investment we should make sure that every American, every person in this country, can get a vaccine regardless of their income?" National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci, CDC chief Dr. Robert Redfield, FDA commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn, and Assistant Secretary for Health Adm. Brett Giroir, each answered in the affirmative. ** Jake Johnson, [https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/30/pressed-sanders-trump-health-officials-agree-everyone-us-should-be-able-get-covid-19 Pressed by Sanders, Trump Health Officials Agree Everyone in US Should Be Able to Get Covid-19 Vaccine Regardless of Income, ''Common Dreams''], (30 June 2020) ===July 2020=== | |||