Dear President Biden, everyone needs access to the Covid vaccine, not just the US

We now turn to you, Mr. Biden, and ask: “How long must we wait? Twenty days, twenty months, or twenty years while we are being crushed by this virus?”

Political commentary, Social commentaryMelanie Verwoerd29 April 2021#vaccine, #vaccinehoarding, #DearPresidentBidenComment

Why the vaccine patents should be released immediately

Let us remember the millions of babies who died unnecessarily from HIV, and let us now not allow millions of people in the developing world to die from COVID-19.

Social Justice, Political commentaryMelanie Verwoerd13 January 2021#vaccine, #patent, #releasethepatent, #COVID-19, #savelivesComment

Why don't we have a vaccine yet?

So as a country we are again having to face what the majority of South Africans and people in the developing world know all too well: Access depends on money.