1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: As soon as I knew that I was able to 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 1: get vaccine, I started analyzing the possibility to travel to 3 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:09,600 Speaker 1: the US to get vaccinated. 4 00:00:13,720 --> 00:00:16,800 Speaker 2: From futuro media, It's Latro Usa. I'm Maria in no 5 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:22,239 Speaker 2: Josa today, COVID nineteen, vaccine access and the role the 6 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 2: US can play in it. After hitting a record high 7 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:36,199 Speaker 2: in April of this year, the vaccination rate against the 8 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: coronavirus in the US has declined pretty steadily. To try 9 00:00:40,720 --> 00:00:43,040 Speaker 2: and get more people protected. 10 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 3: State it's like Maryland, New York, Ohio, and Oregon are 11 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 3: giving the vaccinated a chance to win a cash prize. 12 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,560 Speaker 2: Other rewards include experiences with lifelong impacts. 13 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,240 Speaker 4: Fourteen year old Joseph Costello won a full ride college scholarship. 14 00:00:57,960 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 5: Short lived but coveted events. 15 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,080 Speaker 2: If you get vaccinated at four city clinics this Saturday, 16 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 2: you could get a free one day pass to Lallapaloosa. 17 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 5: And even the chance to become a millionaire. 18 00:01:08,319 --> 00:01:11,480 Speaker 6: On June fifteenth, California's big reopening date, the state will 19 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 6: draw the names of ten vaccinated people who will win 20 00:01:14,880 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 6: one point five million dollars a piece. 21 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:19,840 Speaker 5: But this is in the US. 22 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 2: Around the rest of the world, millions of people who 23 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: would get vaccinated with no incentive other than wanting to 24 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 2: stay alive, simply don't have a vaccine. 25 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:30,800 Speaker 5: At their disposal. 26 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,759 Speaker 2: For them, especially those living in Latin America, the US 27 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: has become a haven. While some countries in the region, 28 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:43,440 Speaker 2: like Chile and Uruguay are excelling in vaccine distribution, most 29 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 2: including Guatemala, Paraguay or Honduras, have gotten a hold of 30 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 2: just enough vaccines to protect less than twenty percent of 31 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 2: their population. Today, we look at how vaccine distribution has 32 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: affected our families and friends in Latin America and why 33 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: we won't see the end of the COVID nineteen pandemic 34 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 2: until the rest of the world is also vaccinated. 35 00:02:10,919 --> 00:02:13,600 Speaker 5: Here's producer Oscar de Leon with the story. 36 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:16,840 Speaker 3: At the start of the pandemic, Ecuadora was one of 37 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,200 Speaker 3: the country's hardest hit by the virus. Reports showed bodies 38 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 3: piling up in its streets. They were frightening times. 39 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: My name is Maria Cristina Penerrera. I'm from Quito. 40 00:02:27,440 --> 00:02:31,560 Speaker 3: Maria lives in the capital of Ecuador. She, like everyone else, 41 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 3: could only follow the recommended guidelines, wear a mask, stay 42 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,280 Speaker 3: home as much as possible, and hope that she didn't 43 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:42,279 Speaker 3: become infected. But then came December eleventh, twenty twenty. 44 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:45,600 Speaker 7: The New York Times in Washington Post now reporting that 45 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 7: the FDA has given fives or the green light to 46 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,080 Speaker 7: distribute its COVID vaccine. 47 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 3: The first COVID vaccine was approved for emergency use, and 48 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,040 Speaker 3: a few days later the US began its vaccination rollout. 49 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 3: At first, distribution was slow and uneven. In fact, even today, 50 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:04,680 Speaker 3: vaccination rates in communities of color lag their white counterparts. 51 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 3: But by April of this year, the US was vaccinating 52 00:03:07,760 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 3: over three million people each day. Meanwhile, in Ecuador, just 53 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 3: a little over one percent of the population had received 54 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 3: at least one dose. The country sought to vaccinate its 55 00:03:20,720 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: healthcare workers, senior citizens, and other vulnerable groups. Still, distribution 56 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 3: wasn't smooth. 57 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 1: There were a lot of people, most of them were elderly, 58 00:03:29,520 --> 00:03:32,360 Speaker 1: who had to wait for more than ten hours to 59 00:03:32,440 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: get the vaccines. My grandma's best friend, she had the 60 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: appointment to get her vaccine at nine am, and she 61 00:03:39,840 --> 00:03:42,800 Speaker 1: ended up getting her vaccine the same day but at 62 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:47,080 Speaker 1: eleven pm, and she is eighty two years old. For me, 63 00:03:47,160 --> 00:03:49,920 Speaker 1: that was inhumane. The way that they treated the elders 64 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:50,480 Speaker 1: in Quito. 65 00:03:52,960 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 3: The long lines weren't the only bump in Ecuadora's vaccine 66 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 3: roll out. 67 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 7: The battle to control of the COVID nineteen pandemic in 68 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:02,680 Speaker 7: Latin America well is under way, but it's being hindered 69 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 7: by patchy deliveries of the vaccine and scandals in the government. 70 00:04:06,040 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 7: The latest to go is the Ecuadorian Health Minister, Juan Carlosavos. 71 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 3: The Health Minister resigned shortly after it was revealed that 72 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,919 Speaker 3: his family was part of the lucky Ones. Unfortunately, this 73 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:20,320 Speaker 3: wasn't unique to Ecuador. In Peru, both the health and 74 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,880 Speaker 3: Foreign Relations ministers resigned after news that almost five hundred 75 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 3: government officials and well connected people had received COVID nineteen 76 00:04:27,600 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 3: doses before they were available to the general public, and 77 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 3: in Argentina, reports of people using connections to get access 78 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:37,040 Speaker 3: to vaccines also led to the resignation of the health minister. 79 00:04:40,360 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 3: Maria felt hopeless about when she would be able to 80 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,680 Speaker 3: get vaccinated, and since she has dual US and Equadorian citizenship, 81 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 3: she started to consider coming to the US for a shot. 82 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:52,640 Speaker 1: But the problem was that I wanted also my husband 83 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: to get the vaccine. He's not American, He's Ecuadorian. 84 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,320 Speaker 3: Maria had heard that people who came to the US 85 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,080 Speaker 3: to get their cod shots had their tours visus canceled. 86 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:05,280 Speaker 3: The frightening rumors have been circulating on social media for 87 00:05:05,360 --> 00:05:06,880 Speaker 3: months across Latin America. 88 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: My husband was very nervous because he didn't want to 89 00:05:10,400 --> 00:05:13,760 Speaker 1: risk a loosing his visa that was holding us back. 90 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 3: What was waiting in Ecuador for a vaccine a better option. 91 00:05:17,480 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: After talking to a friend who's a lawyer in the 92 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:26,200 Speaker 1: United States who basically count my husband nurves and said 93 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:30,240 Speaker 1: that there will be only a slight chance of him 94 00:05:30,360 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 1: getting in trouble. 95 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:33,840 Speaker 3: They planned their trip to Miami to get to Johnson 96 00:05:33,839 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 3: and Johnson vaccine, but just one week before their flight. 97 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 8: Breaking story as we speak, the FDA and the CDC 98 00:05:41,120 --> 00:05:44,760 Speaker 8: has announced that they are now recommending a pause in 99 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 8: the use of Johnson and Johnson's vaccine. Health officials are 100 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:50,760 Speaker 8: investigating safety issues. 101 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:51,559 Speaker 3: With that shot. 102 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 5: So we were nervous. 103 00:05:52,760 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: We kept following the news. 104 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,600 Speaker 3: But just before their flight, the hall on the vaccine 105 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 3: was lifted. 106 00:05:59,480 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 1: Before we got our vaccine at the State of Florida 107 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:08,560 Speaker 1: lifted the requirement that you needed proof of residence in 108 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:10,240 Speaker 1: order to get the vaccine. 109 00:06:10,760 --> 00:06:13,880 Speaker 3: They were both vaccinated in Miami. Maria's husband kept his 110 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:15,040 Speaker 3: visa intact. 111 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,360 Speaker 1: When I was filling the liquid entering my body, I 112 00:06:18,520 --> 00:06:22,160 Speaker 1: was so relieved. So I felt like they were like 113 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:26,200 Speaker 1: lifting a bunch of bricks from my from my shoulders, 114 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:31,240 Speaker 1: because like I've been scared of like seeing my grandparents, 115 00:06:31,279 --> 00:06:33,960 Speaker 1: which I'm really close to, or seeing my mom, or 116 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:38,720 Speaker 1: seeing my my mother in law, of being scared to 117 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:42,799 Speaker 1: getting them seek. So I know that I can still 118 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: get COVID with a vaccine, but I know that I'm 119 00:06:45,480 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: I'm protected now. 120 00:06:47,040 --> 00:06:50,160 Speaker 3: To Maria, just due to COVID isn't a statistic. 121 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:53,600 Speaker 1: I lost, and it was horrible because it was in 122 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: the same week I lost my my grandpa's brother and 123 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 1: my uncle. They got sick. They were one day in 124 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:07,520 Speaker 1: their house and three days later we received the first 125 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:12,000 Speaker 1: phone call saying that my uncle didn't make it, and 126 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,520 Speaker 1: then like we were still mourning, he's lost, and then 127 00:07:15,560 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: we got another, not even a phone call, an email 128 00:07:20,560 --> 00:07:24,760 Speaker 1: saying that my great grand uncle has passed away from 129 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 1: COVID as well. 130 00:07:32,760 --> 00:07:35,320 Speaker 3: The situation in other countries in Latin America is not 131 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 3: too different. In Colombia. Nicolas Martinez decided to travel to 132 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 3: the US when he saw this announcement. 133 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 6: Come here, it's safe, it's a great place to be, 134 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:45,280 Speaker 6: and we're going to take care of you. 135 00:07:45,320 --> 00:07:47,000 Speaker 3: We're going to make sure you get vaccinated while you're 136 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 3: here with us. On May sixth, build A. Blasio, the 137 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,960 Speaker 3: mayor of New York City, openly invited tourists to get 138 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 3: vaccinated in the Big Apple. Nicolas bought his plane tickets 139 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:58,600 Speaker 3: that same day. He was afraid the prices would go 140 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 3: up quickly after the announcement. That's what happened to Maria 141 00:08:01,800 --> 00:08:03,800 Speaker 3: when she tried to buy a ticket for her younger brother. 142 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: She and her husband paid around six hundred dollars for 143 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:11,679 Speaker 3: both of their tickets. Today, one Gito Miami fight costs 144 00:08:11,680 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 3: around one thousand dollars. They couldn't afford that. Nicolas couldn't 145 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 3: afford to stay long in the US either, and with 146 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,520 Speaker 3: no expectations of getting vaccinated in his country anytime soon, 147 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:27,160 Speaker 3: the Johnson vaccine was literally his best shot too and Columbia. 148 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 3: Nicolas described the situation in Colombia as similar to the 149 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 3: one in Ecuador, where people would wait in line, sometimes 150 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,840 Speaker 3: up to six hours only to see the vaccines run 151 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 3: out and have to leave without a shot. But the 152 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 3: experience was like night and day. In New York, he 153 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 3: learned that there was a vaccination site in Grand Central Station, 154 00:08:48,960 --> 00:09:02,040 Speaker 3: so we had it there. Jonel, still skeptical about his 155 00:09:02,080 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 3: eligibility to receive a free COVID vaccine in the US, 156 00:09:05,400 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 3: Nicolas set out to wait in mind for hours. He 157 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,040 Speaker 3: found a line of two people. Nicolas couldn't believe it, 158 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:26,920 Speaker 3: and Isla present in a matter of minutes and after 159 00:09:26,960 --> 00:09:30,480 Speaker 3: just showing his Colombian national ID, he received the vaccine. 160 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:32,960 Speaker 3: Knowing that his chances of dying of the virus had 161 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 3: gone down to almost zero gave him a sense of freedom. 162 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 3: And Gina Gross, who also traveled from Ecuador for a vaccine, 163 00:09:46,800 --> 00:09:50,240 Speaker 3: felt relieved after receiving her shot too, but she felt 164 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 3: something else though. 165 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:55,840 Speaker 9: I feel ashamed and many people said, oh, you're lucky, 166 00:09:55,920 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 9: You're lucky, and I feel ashamed that it was very 167 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 9: for me and there are many people in Ecuador that 168 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 9: were killed for ever Kuna. 169 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:12,080 Speaker 3: Gina is sixty three years old. One of her daughters 170 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 3: lives in Washington, DC, so she flew there in June. 171 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,320 Speaker 3: Even though she felt guilty for getting the vaccine when 172 00:10:18,360 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 3: so many others are still waiting. She said she did 173 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 3: it so her daughters don't go through what she experienced 174 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 3: early last year when both of her parents were infected 175 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 3: with COVID. 176 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 9: It was so an ugly experience, the worst experience to 177 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 9: have your parents with that sickness. 178 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:39,600 Speaker 3: Fortunately they survived, and because they are in their late eighties, 179 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 3: they were able to get vaccinated in Ecuador at the 180 00:10:42,160 --> 00:10:46,319 Speaker 3: end of May. Maria Christina also experienced mixed feelings. 181 00:10:46,800 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 1: I feel bad because I know that that's something that 182 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:52,480 Speaker 1: not everyone can do it like, I feel bless I 183 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:58,000 Speaker 1: feel privileged, and I feel also very sad because most 184 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:01,760 Speaker 1: of the population of Ecuador, they can just buy a 185 00:11:01,800 --> 00:11:06,160 Speaker 1: ticket and go get vaccinated in the States. 186 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:09,640 Speaker 3: But while Maria, Gina and Nicolas are part of a 187 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 3: privileged minority in Latin America, it's important to note that 188 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 3: none of them are rich people. 189 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,680 Speaker 1: I leave from my work. I work every day, I 190 00:11:18,760 --> 00:11:22,720 Speaker 1: have two jobs as well as my husband. But we 191 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,880 Speaker 1: are very fortunately, like we are more fortunate that most 192 00:11:26,920 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 1: of the people here in Kulor. 193 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: We've heard stories of people who have used their savings 194 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 3: or withdrawn part of their retirement funds to be able 195 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 3: to fly here and get vaccinated. To many families separated 196 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,079 Speaker 3: by borders, seeing their loved ones outside of the US 197 00:11:43,120 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 3: protected against the coronavirus has become a shared mission. Families 198 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 3: in the US are welcoming their relatives who can't afford 199 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 3: to stay at hotels or Airbnbs in their homes, and 200 00:11:53,920 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 3: some are even paying for their relatives plane tickets. For 201 00:11:59,040 --> 00:12:02,320 Speaker 3: Latin American government men, a person who gets vaccinated in 202 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,520 Speaker 3: the US means one fewer vaccine they need to acquire 203 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,720 Speaker 3: and administer, and that is why some countries are asking 204 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:12,079 Speaker 3: their citizens to report if they've been vaccinated abroad and 205 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:16,360 Speaker 3: keeping records. For example, Equadorda had one hundred and forty 206 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 3: thousand of its citizens marked as vaccinated in the US 207 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 3: through June. Still, the reality is that the vast majority 208 00:12:24,280 --> 00:12:27,600 Speaker 3: of the world population won't get access to COVID vaccines 209 00:12:27,640 --> 00:12:28,920 Speaker 3: by traveling to the US. 210 00:12:32,760 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 2: Coming up on Latino Usay. The route causes why some 211 00:12:36,800 --> 00:13:26,640 Speaker 2: countries have vaccines and others don't. Stay with us, Hey, 212 00:13:26,760 --> 00:13:29,200 Speaker 2: we're back. In the first part of this story, we 213 00:13:29,240 --> 00:13:32,360 Speaker 2: heard from people who came to the US looking for 214 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 2: COVID nineteen vaccines. Now, what about people who have been 215 00:13:36,280 --> 00:13:40,000 Speaker 2: fighting to make vaccines accessible across the world. 216 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 5: Here's oscard Leon again. 217 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:45,640 Speaker 3: To try to understand why vaccine access has been so 218 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,120 Speaker 3: inequitable across the world. We spoke to him. 219 00:13:48,760 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 10: My name is Peter Maybarduke. I'm the Access to Medicines 220 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 10: director at Public Citizen, which is a consumer organization based 221 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,559 Speaker 10: in Washington, d C. And since the beginning of the pandemic, 222 00:13:59,679 --> 00:14:03,360 Speaker 10: we have been fighting very hard for global vaccine access. 223 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,040 Speaker 3: It's a daunting task, but he has some experience. Peter 224 00:14:07,120 --> 00:14:09,880 Speaker 3: has worked with Public Citizen to ensure global access to 225 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 3: HIV AIDS treatment, which is exorbitantly high due to a 226 00:14:13,800 --> 00:14:16,520 Speaker 3: pricing monopoly driven by some pharmaceutical giants. 227 00:14:17,240 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 10: But today we're dealing with a different problem, right, We're 228 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 10: dealing with supply. There is an absolute shortage of vaccines 229 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 10: and price continues to be an issue. But the real 230 00:14:26,280 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 10: problem is there simply aren't enough vaccines to go around. 231 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,520 Speaker 3: And this is despite the unprecedented amount of public funds 232 00:14:32,520 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 3: that went to developing a vaccine against the coronavirus. 233 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:40,400 Speaker 10: Public institutes actually funded the vast majority of research into 234 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 10: those viruses. To help the world understand them simultaneously. Institutes 235 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:49,560 Speaker 10: like the National Institute of Health worked with pharmaceutical companies 236 00:14:49,600 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 10: like Maderna and others to develop new vaccine platform technologies, 237 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 10: which is where we get mRNA. 238 00:14:57,640 --> 00:15:00,920 Speaker 3: The messenger RNA technology t eaches the cells how to 239 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 3: make a protein or piece of a protein that triggers 240 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 3: an immune response in the body. The US government gave 241 00:15:07,280 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 3: four hundred and seventy two million dollars to Maderna to 242 00:15:09,840 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 3: support its research, and one point two billion dollars to Astroseneca, 243 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 3: the vaccine developed in the UK. 244 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:21,160 Speaker 10: It really is a testament to that public minded investment 245 00:15:21,280 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 10: in science and medical research and drug development that has 246 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,360 Speaker 10: given us these safe and effective vaccines as quickly as 247 00:15:28,360 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 10: we have them today. However, we did not solve the 248 00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:33,920 Speaker 10: supply problem. 249 00:15:34,320 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 3: For example, the one point five billion dollar contract the 250 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,320 Speaker 3: Department of Health and Human Services signed with Maderna in 251 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:43,400 Speaker 3: August twenty twenty for one hundred million doses did not 252 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 3: include a clause for the government to own the patent 253 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 3: to the vaccine, an emission some experts have called quote 254 00:15:49,760 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 3: a massive policy failure. For Peter and other experts, this 255 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 3: was a problem that has loomed since the start of 256 00:15:56,760 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: the pandemic. 257 00:15:57,920 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 10: What was foreseeable about that was that wealthy individuals and 258 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:05,760 Speaker 10: wealthy countries would receive vaccines first. The poor would be 259 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:09,200 Speaker 10: at the back of the line, and potentially we could 260 00:16:09,240 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 10: be in a situation where it would be years before 261 00:16:12,480 --> 00:16:15,320 Speaker 10: people in low and middle income countries in particular, were 262 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 10: able to access vaccines long available to the world's rich, 263 00:16:19,520 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 10: and of course, that is indeed the situation that we 264 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 10: are in today. 265 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 3: To try to address this problem, the World Health Organization, 266 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,480 Speaker 3: the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations, and the Vaccine Alliance 267 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 3: launched an initiative called KOVACS in April twenty twenty. The 268 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 3: idea was to provide vaccines to the developing world through 269 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:43,000 Speaker 3: donor contributions. Its initial aim was to have two billion 270 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 3: doses available by the end of twenty twenty one, enough 271 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 3: to protect frontline healthcare workers and high risk populations across 272 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 3: the globe. 273 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 11: KOVAX was conceived with a lot of hope, but also 274 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 11: a lot of naivete The hope was that we could 275 00:16:59,840 --> 00:17:03,480 Speaker 11: bring the world together to fairly allocate doses around the world. 276 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 11: It was a beautiful idea. It was also a naive 277 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:09,639 Speaker 11: idea because it was happening at the same time that 278 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:13,479 Speaker 11: the United States, the European Union, and the economic elite 279 00:17:14,119 --> 00:17:18,440 Speaker 11: were capturing the access and the rights to the vaccines 280 00:17:18,480 --> 00:17:19,520 Speaker 11: that were under development. 281 00:17:19,960 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: That is Nicholas Luciani, senior advisor at Oxfam America, a 282 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 3: global organization fighting poverty. 283 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:31,879 Speaker 11: Now, you know, we've reached three billion doses around the world, 284 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:36,399 Speaker 11: which is extraordinary. The open secret, though, is that most 285 00:17:36,440 --> 00:17:39,879 Speaker 11: of that has happened in parts of the world that 286 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,280 Speaker 11: are already quite wealthy and affluent, while low and middle 287 00:17:43,359 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 11: Incan countries, including countries across Latin America, still are you know, 288 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,320 Speaker 11: vastly under vaccinated and don't have access to the vaccines 289 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:52,919 Speaker 11: that they need. 290 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,480 Speaker 3: In July, Haiti, the poorest nation in Latin America and 291 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:59,080 Speaker 3: the Caribbean, became the last country in the region to 292 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 3: receive vaccine doses, and still today, other low income countries worldwide, 293 00:18:04,080 --> 00:18:08,040 Speaker 3: including South Sudan and Yemen, have vaccinated only one percent 294 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:10,520 Speaker 3: of their population on average. 295 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:14,240 Speaker 11: And as a result, we're literally witnessing over two thousand 296 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 11: preventable deaths every single day in the region. I say 297 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,720 Speaker 11: preventable because with three billion doses already out there, we 298 00:18:21,760 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 11: could have easily vaccinated all of the vulnerable populations across 299 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,040 Speaker 11: the world. The fact that someone would have to leave 300 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:30,840 Speaker 11: their own country to seek vaccines means that there's a 301 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 11: deep failure in how we've allocated these vaccine globally. 302 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:40,520 Speaker 3: Initially, the US under the Trump administration announced that it 303 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:44,760 Speaker 3: wouldn't join KOVAKS, but the Biden administration reversed that decision, 304 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,919 Speaker 3: pledging four billion dollars of USA to the fund. Still, 305 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,960 Speaker 3: through mid July, KOVACS had only been able to distribute 306 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 3: one hundred and twenty one million doses worldwide, just a 307 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:59,520 Speaker 3: little over six percent of its original goal. In mid May, 308 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 3: the Bio administration announced that the US would be donating 309 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 3: eighty million doses of the country's own supply by the 310 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 3: end of June, with at least fourteen million of those 311 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,040 Speaker 3: doses going to Latin America and the Caribbean through COVACS. 312 00:19:12,400 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 3: Soon after, Biden made yet another pledge the. 313 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 6: United States will purchase a half a billion doses of 314 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 6: five with COVID nineteen vaccine to donate to nearly one 315 00:19:24,119 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 6: hundred nations that are in dire need in the fight 316 00:19:27,080 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 6: against this pandemic. 317 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:31,120 Speaker 3: Some of those vaccines have already made it to Latin America, 318 00:19:31,560 --> 00:19:34,960 Speaker 3: But Peter still sees at least one problem with these donations. 319 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:39,320 Speaker 10: Many of those doses won't arrive until next year, and 320 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:42,720 Speaker 10: even if they all were to arrive tomorrow, it would 321 00:19:42,720 --> 00:19:46,480 Speaker 10: be a small fraction of the global need. 322 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,639 Speaker 3: Experts say that for the pandemic to end, seventy percent 323 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,960 Speaker 3: of the global population needs to be vaccinated. That means 324 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: a stockpile of at least eleven billion doses, which according 325 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 3: to some estimates, won't become available to the poorest countries 326 00:20:00,920 --> 00:20:04,960 Speaker 3: until twenty twenty three, yes, two years from now. 327 00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,760 Speaker 10: As terrible as the dose inequity is, we many of 328 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,280 Speaker 10: us can kind of understand why any elected leader would 329 00:20:12,320 --> 00:20:14,800 Speaker 10: focus on getting doses to all of their own people 330 00:20:15,640 --> 00:20:20,000 Speaker 10: before shipping doses abroad. Not accept it, but understand those 331 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 10: political challenges. But while only you or I can take 332 00:20:25,359 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 10: any given dose of a vaccine, all of the world 333 00:20:28,840 --> 00:20:34,439 Speaker 10: can benefit from the underlying knowledge from the technology of 334 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:38,200 Speaker 10: the vaccine without diminishing your use of it or mind. 335 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 10: In other words, doesn't cost the United States or any 336 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:48,240 Speaker 10: other wealthy country much to teach other countries and to 337 00:20:48,320 --> 00:20:52,959 Speaker 10: equip them to make safe and effective vaccines. And that 338 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 10: is something that the United States should have been doing 339 00:20:55,280 --> 00:21:01,000 Speaker 10: from the beginning of the pandemic, should do today. 340 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,560 Speaker 3: For Peter, it's not a matter of buying or sharing vaccines, 341 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:09,480 Speaker 3: but rather scaling up production infrastructure dramatically To do that. 342 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 3: Public Citizen as well as Oxfam, along with more than 343 00:21:13,160 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 3: sixty other organizations, have joined an initiative called the People's 344 00:21:16,680 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 3: Vaccine Alliance. 345 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:22,920 Speaker 11: In contrast to KOVAX, the People's Vaccine Alliance is pushing 346 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:27,680 Speaker 11: for expanding the pie of available vaccines by releasing the 347 00:21:27,760 --> 00:21:30,919 Speaker 11: vaccine technology to producers around the world that can produce 348 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 11: vaccines at low cost and very quickly. Rather than having 349 00:21:35,200 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 11: one cook in the kitchen and everyone relying on that 350 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:41,080 Speaker 11: one cook to eat, we're talking about having thousands of 351 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:44,880 Speaker 11: cooks and thousands of kitchens that can produce these vaccines 352 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:47,720 Speaker 11: and let everyone be protected at the same time. 353 00:21:48,119 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 3: To make that work, Nicholas explained that three things need 354 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:51,399 Speaker 3: to happen. 355 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 11: The first is we do need to really unlock then 356 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 11: intellectual property. Otherwise any vaccine producers could be sued their 357 00:21:59,440 --> 00:22:02,720 Speaker 11: country's be brought before trade sanctions, so that's critical. 358 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 3: What Nicholas means is a temporary suspension of rules on 359 00:22:06,960 --> 00:22:10,560 Speaker 3: intellectual property rights for COVID nineteen vaccines at the World 360 00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,880 Speaker 3: Trade Organization, something first suggested by India and South Africa 361 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 3: in October twenty twenty. Initially, the US, the European Union, 362 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 3: and other developed countries, as well as the World Bank 363 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 3: and pharmaceutical companies oppose this idea, arguing that it would 364 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:29,440 Speaker 3: pose a threat to innovation. But in May of this year, 365 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 3: the Biden administration announced their support for a patent waiver, 366 00:22:33,119 --> 00:22:36,320 Speaker 3: but the proposal cannot move forward until all members of 367 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:40,840 Speaker 3: the WTO agree on the waiver. Still, waiving the patents 368 00:22:40,880 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 3: without any additional steps would make the move merely symbolic. 369 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 11: The second thing that needs to be done really quickly 370 00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 11: is that these pharma companies need to see this not 371 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,920 Speaker 11: as a moment for profit, but as a moment really 372 00:22:51,960 --> 00:22:57,840 Speaker 11: for international cooperation and solidarity and share their vaccine technology. 373 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:01,439 Speaker 3: Because scrapping patent rights does not mean that producers across 374 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:03,359 Speaker 3: the world will know how to make the vaccines. 375 00:23:03,880 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 10: We also need to take a further step where the 376 00:23:06,800 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 10: companies agreed to pass on their knowledge and to reveal 377 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:11,639 Speaker 10: their trade secrets. 378 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:14,960 Speaker 3: In October of last year, Maderna actually announced that it 379 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 3: would not enforce the intellectual property rights of its vaccine, 380 00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,879 Speaker 3: but without any additional support, no other companies seem to 381 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:25,399 Speaker 3: be developing their own mRNA vaccines. That is where the 382 00:23:25,440 --> 00:23:26,800 Speaker 3: third step comes into play. 383 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:30,960 Speaker 11: You really need to invest in new production facilities to 384 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,640 Speaker 11: produce as many audoses as needed for now and then 385 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,000 Speaker 11: to be ready for future pandemics. 386 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,000 Speaker 3: Critics of this plan argue that expanding vaccine manufacturing in 387 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,320 Speaker 3: the developing world would compromise the quality or safety of 388 00:23:45,359 --> 00:23:48,760 Speaker 3: the vaccines. Peter counter argues that that is why it 389 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 3: is so important to make this investment and have the 390 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:54,119 Speaker 3: pharmaceuticals on board with sharing their expertise. 391 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 10: This is not something that companies can do tomorrow. It 392 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 10: takes some time to train personnel, and it takes time 393 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,240 Speaker 10: to demonstrate safety and efficacy of these new complex products. 394 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:08,720 Speaker 3: Public Citizen, the organization where Peter works, has come up 395 00:24:08,760 --> 00:24:11,679 Speaker 3: with a specific figure that would be needed to quickly 396 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:14,720 Speaker 3: implement a worldwide vaccine manufacturing program. 397 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 10: We're calling for a twenty five billion dollar investment from 398 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 10: the US government to retrofit facilities around the world with 399 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,520 Speaker 10: mRNA production technology to make eight billion doses in a 400 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:28,719 Speaker 10: year's time and end the pandemic. It's an effort that 401 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:32,280 Speaker 10: costs some money, a lot of money, really, but far 402 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 10: less money than will be lost through a longer pandemic 403 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 10: and economic damage around the world, and could save millions 404 00:24:38,880 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 10: of lives. 405 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 3: The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America Association, as well 406 00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 3: as other pharmaceutical groups across the world, have opposed the 407 00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 3: patent waivers and other steps proposed by the People's Vaccine Campaign. 408 00:24:53,760 --> 00:24:56,080 Speaker 3: When the Biden administration came out in favor of the 409 00:24:56,080 --> 00:24:59,399 Speaker 3: patent waiver, they issued a statement saying this measure would 410 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:04,120 Speaker 3: quote undermine our global response to the pandemic and compromise safety. 411 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:08,040 Speaker 3: They also warned about already strained supply chains and the 412 00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:12,840 Speaker 3: proliferation of counterfeit vaccines. A few weeks later, they said 413 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,880 Speaker 3: that they expected the industry to produce eleven billion doses 414 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,080 Speaker 3: by the end of the year. In their statement, they 415 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 3: identified vaccine distribution and sharing as the main problems in 416 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 3: the rollout, not production. What is clear is the devastating 417 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,440 Speaker 3: human toll the lack of a worldwide and fair vaccine 418 00:25:32,440 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 3: distribution system has left. 419 00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,320 Speaker 10: There is so much preventable death and suffering, and it 420 00:25:38,359 --> 00:25:41,520 Speaker 10: is going to continue for years. That's just something we 421 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,040 Speaker 10: need to understand. 422 00:25:43,080 --> 00:25:43,439 Speaker 8: Well. 423 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 10: Many of us here in the United States are beginning 424 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:49,400 Speaker 10: to see a path out of the pandemic. We're beginning 425 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 10: to make plans. We're beginning to see family. Most people 426 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 10: around the world can't make plans. They have no idea 427 00:25:57,480 --> 00:26:00,239 Speaker 10: when this nightmare will end. They have no idea when 428 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 10: vaccines may arrive. We have no idea when the pandemic 429 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 10: may subside. And we can change that. And it's outrageous 430 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:11,560 Speaker 10: that we aren't doing absolutely everything in our power to 431 00:26:11,680 --> 00:26:12,119 Speaker 10: change that. 432 00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 3: And the low global immunization rate is not only a 433 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 3: problem to the unvaccinated. Letting the virus fester is also 434 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 3: dangerous for people in the US and other rich countries. 435 00:26:24,560 --> 00:26:27,680 Speaker 11: There are more chances of mutations and variants, which could 436 00:26:27,720 --> 00:26:32,640 Speaker 11: eventually outpace the vaccine and lead to new spikes in 437 00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 11: COVID cases and deaths across the United States. 438 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 3: COVID nineteen variants originating in the United Kingdom, South Africa, Brazil, 439 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 3: and India have all made their way into the US. 440 00:26:43,680 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 10: If we can provide more protection in the population, sooner, 441 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:51,200 Speaker 10: transmission will slow. It will be harder for the variance 442 00:26:51,280 --> 00:26:53,360 Speaker 10: to spread, and we'll all be safer. 443 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 3: This discussion comes at a moment when the US tries 444 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 3: to figure out the need or not of a third 445 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:03,080 Speaker 3: booster shot, a potential scenario that contrasts dramatically with the 446 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:11,520 Speaker 3: reality in Latin America aritata in columbist This is Nicolas 447 00:27:11,560 --> 00:27:13,199 Speaker 3: who we heard in the first part of the story. 448 00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:16,439 Speaker 3: He explained that in mid June, the Columbian authorities had 449 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,199 Speaker 3: announced that they would administer the second Pfizer dose to 450 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,719 Speaker 3: their citizens three months after the first shot, rather than 451 00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:28,320 Speaker 3: the recommended twenty one day interval. Although the support of 452 00:27:28,359 --> 00:27:30,800 Speaker 3: the patent waiver by the Biden administration was a big 453 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,320 Speaker 3: step forward, those who support the People's Vaccine Alliance say 454 00:27:34,400 --> 00:27:36,919 Speaker 3: much more can and needs to be done. 455 00:27:37,040 --> 00:27:40,440 Speaker 10: For example, President Biden, under the Defense Production Act, has 456 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:44,200 Speaker 10: authority to order maderna adviser, and other companies to share 457 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 10: the vaccine recipe. Now, what we hope is that when 458 00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 10: political leadership is exercised, that those companies will come to 459 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:53,600 Speaker 10: the table and our government can offer them fair and 460 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:56,720 Speaker 10: quite significant compensation for sharing the recipes. 461 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 3: When Gina was receiving her first dose in Washington, d C. 462 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:05,240 Speaker 3: She had an impulse I could buy. 463 00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:09,800 Speaker 9: Many Batunas and I would take too, Equadori. 464 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:13,560 Speaker 3: In a bag. It was impossible. But that impulse to 465 00:28:13,600 --> 00:28:16,640 Speaker 3: think beyond ourselves is what Peter says is needed at 466 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:17,040 Speaker 3: this time. 467 00:28:18,840 --> 00:28:22,800 Speaker 10: We've all been scared about our life here at home. 468 00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:26,080 Speaker 10: I'm very focused on our lives in the United States, 469 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 10: but we have to think more broadly than that now, 470 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 10: and we have to ask our government to think more 471 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 10: broadly about that now and not be afraid to use 472 00:28:34,560 --> 00:28:38,040 Speaker 10: its power. The administration will say that it is acting 473 00:28:38,040 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 10: to support the global response, and it's true, but we 474 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 10: have much more power than we are using. 475 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 2: This episode was produced by Victori Estre and oscarred Leon. 476 00:29:01,720 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 2: It was edited by Andrea Lopez Grusalo and mixed by 477 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,280 Speaker 2: Lea Shan Dameran and Gabriela Bayez. The Latino USA team 478 00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 2: includes Marta Martinez, Mike Sargent, Julia Ta Martinelli, Patricia Surbaran, 479 00:29:13,760 --> 00:29:18,520 Speaker 2: Ginni Montalvo, Alejandra Salasar, Rinaldo, Leanos Junior, and Julia Rocha, 480 00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 2: with help from Raoul Prees. Our editorial director is Julio 481 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 2: Ricardo Barella. 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