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Janice Schakowsky: “The fact that we would keep these middle- and low-income countries, particularly the poor countries, from having those…”

On the recordFebruary 22, 2021
The fact that we would keep these middle- and low-income countries, particularly the poor countries, from having those drugs, I think, is immoral, quite frankly, and not the productive way to go forward.
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Janice Schakowsky
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Schakowsky criticizes vaccine monopolization by wealthy countries affecting poorer nations.

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