Yanis Varoufakis: Capitalist Nations Bailed Out Banks While Skimping on Funds to Vaccinate Humanit

More than 2.6 billion COVID-19 vaccines have been administered worldwide, but many countries have yet to see a single shot amid mounting infections. Eighty-five percent of vaccines administered worldwide have been in high- and upper-middle-income countries. Only 0.3% of doses have been administered in low-income countries. Last week, G7 nations pledged to donate just 613 million new vaccine doses — far less than the 1 billion originally promised. This was the focus of an emergency four-day virtual Summit for Vaccine Internationalism this weekend, attended by government ministers, parliamentarians and public health officials from many countries, including Argentina, Bolivia, Vietnam, India, Greece, the United Kingdom, Canada and Cuba. The summit was organized by Progressive International, an organization founded by Senator Bernie Sanders and former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis. “This is how we radicalize the world in order to be able to end the patent monopoly of Big Pharma,” says Varoufakis in his address, “so that there are no more patents that prevent people from access to pharmaceuticals … available in order to save lives.”

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[peterpalov]

Thank you Yanis and Bernie and everyone else for continuing the push for a equality in the 🌎🌍

[juligrlee]

Great wisdom and necessary action plan

[bigdaz]

Yanis is an endlessly inspirational Human being

[redcapetimetraveler]

9000 for the bankers but not even 39 for the peoples ...well it makes sens.

[nickicapetola]

I’m so glad we have someone speaking the truth about the obscenity of our drug industries the corruption of governments and the self entitlement that goes along with this chaos

[ryand]

I haven’t felt inspired by a politician in a very long time, and Yanis just moved me with his passion and the strength of his convictions

[rbnsyjy]

Organize, unionize, mobilize, and in wave after wave we must take part in non violent acts of vocal disobedience to take down the corporate elite and start a new system for the people.

[Will_Moffett]

The world needs an immune response to billionaires.

[maxsweetman]

Money rules the world, thankyou yanis

[flytoheights]

Wow! $9, 000 billion vs 36 billion. 👏👏👏🙏❤️❤️❤️

[felixrabe]

Yay, Yanis on DN! Over 3.5 minutes. Nice.

[theskepticai]

BANKER :: It's over 9000!!!!
Capitalism :: BOOM!

[ouimetco]

Yanis is brilliant. No wonder he quit politics.

[ericpmoss]

I am traveling in southeast Europe, and had to go to a private clinic for a COVID jab. They charged me 200 euros. I don't think they used the 195 euros of profit to vaccinate 39 other people. The gouging goes on at every level.

[mikeghaleb]

Typo in the title. "Humanity".

Keep up the great work at DN!

[btbingo]

The bribe paying class decides who will be vaccinated on the planet. Generally it will be the laborers whose work creates more wealth who will be first to be vaccinated so they can return to work.

[OldEarthWisdom]

Humans love money more than life itself.

[stanleydorsey]

Supporting Capitalism supports selfishness, greed and suffering.
I heard of a vaccine established in Africa as an eye drop having great success. What's holding up production? Is it capital (the darkness in the light).

[pshaw]

Mine arm is so sore...I'm really dreading the second shot. I've never been afraid of a shot before.

[LeviathanLee]

Yeah we clearly have a right wing issue.