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Kirstie Allsopp has claimed vaccinating children against Covid-19 while millions of people across the world are at greater risk is the pinnacle of western overconsumption .
The Location, Location, Location host, 49, from London, made her case on Twitter, arguing the idea of not putting the most vulnerable people first is disgusting .
It comes after reports claimed children as young as 12 will get their coronavirus vaccines from September as the government tries to avoid a third wave. Core planning documents were leaked showing school kids will be given one dose when they go back to class after the summer.
This week Geoff Barton, general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL), the largest union for secondary school heads, said education leaders would be willing to help facilitate a vaccine roll-out at schools around the country.
US SUPPORTS PLAN TO SCRAP JAB PATENTS
The Biden administration is throwing its support behind efforts to waive intellectual property protections for COVID-19 vaccines in an effort to speed the end of the pandemic.
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the government s position in a Wednesday statement, amid World Trade Organization talks over easing global trade rules to enable more countries to produce more of the life-saving vaccines. 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, Tai said in the statement.
But she cautioned that it would take time to reach the required global consensus to waive the protections under WTO rules, and U.S. officials said it would not have an immediate effect on the global supply of COVID-19 shots.
US backs waiving intellectual property rules on vaccines
May. 06, 2021 at 6:00 am
JAMEY KEATEN and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press
The Biden administration on Wednesday joined calls for more sharing of the technology behind COVID-19 vaccines to help speed the end of the pandemic, a shift that puts the U.S. alongside many in the developing world who want rich countries to do more to get doses to the needy.
United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced the government’s position, amid World Trade Organization talks about a possible temporary waiver of its protections that would allow more manufacturers to produce the life-saving vaccines.