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On the recordMay 5, 2021
the administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections. But in service of ending this pandemic supports the waiver of those protections for COVID-19 vaccines.
Said by
Katherine Tai
Democratic · Hawaii
Source
msnbc.com

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Katherine Tai discusses the Biden administration's support for waiving vaccine patent rules to increase global access to COVID-19 vaccines.

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