Vaccine Apartheid/The Voice of Corporate Crime

Ralph Nader Radio Hour

Ralph Nader

Government, News

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🗓️ 2 July 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Ralph welcomes Peter Maybarduk director of Public Citizen’s Access to Medicines program to explain how taxpayer supported research on Covid vaccines has been given over to Big Pharma, who are creating worldwide vaccine apartheid, and Rick Claypool, also of Public Citizen, on the US Chamber of Commerce’s tantrum over government agency efforts to crack down on their members’ criminal activity.

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0:00.0	I'm Tom Morello and you're listening to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:12.3	Welcome to the Ralph Nader Radio Hour.
0:14.1	My name is Steve Scrovan, along with my co-host, David Feldman.
0:17.4	Hello, David.
0:18.5	Hello, Steve.
0:19.8	Good to have you here as always.
0:21.8	And it's also good to have the man of the hour Ralph Nader.
0:24.5	Hello, Ralph.
0:25.5	Hello, everybody.
0:26.8	Today, our guest will be Peter Mayberduk, the Director of Public
0:30.0	Citizens Access to Medicine Program.
0:32.4	Public Citizen is one of many organizations, including health
0:36.0	groups in Peru, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Chile, who've
0:40.1	been calling for Joe Biden to step up and bring down the barriers
0:43.8	to prevent equitable access to COVID vaccines and treatment.
0:47.8	In May 2021, the Biden administration promised to support
0:51.6	waiving intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines at the
0:56.4	World Trade Organization.
0:58.2	Patents and other intellectual property laws make it easy for big
1:01.9	farmer companies to price gouge on vaccines, tests and treatment, and make
1:06.3	it hard for people to access affordable generics.
1:09.4	We'll ask Peter how the Biden administration measures up and about
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