Covid is bad : Black-marketing ( through hoarding of
limited supply ) of Vaccine is worse
Context :
Rich
countries snap up half of Covid-19 vaccine supply
Extract
:
Ø The five leading vaccine candidates in
late-stage trials will be able to supply 5.9 billion doses, enough to inoculate
about three billion people, the Oxfam report said. Some 51% of those jabs have been snapped up by the
wealthy world, including the US, Britain,
the EU, Australia, Hong Kong and Macau, Japan, Switzerland and Israel.
Ø A study
released by Oxfam showed a group of wealthy countries representing just 13% of
the world population has secured the lion’s share of doses.
Ø
“Access to a life-saving vaccine shouldn’t depend on where you live
or how much money you have,” said Robert Silverman of Oxfam America.
“Covid-19 anywhere is Covid-19 everywhere.”
=====================================================
What is happening at the “ World Level “, could well
happen at the “ National Level “, with the RICH and POWERFUL people of India
cornering most of the supplies of locally manufactured ( or even imported
SPUTNIK V from Russia ) vaccines
Also consider this :
India is claimed to be manufacturing 60 % of the total
vaccine production of the entire world ( with allegedly , SERUM INSTITUTE –
Pune supplying 50 % of world supply )
That imposes on India, a MORAL RESPONSIBILITY to help
out poor / covid affected countries, who do not have their own manufacturing
facilities, nor the money to import expensive vaccines made by US-EU etc
At the “ World level “, we cannot dictate other countries
what distribution regulation they should adopt
But, nothing stops Central Government from announcing the
following RULES for the Indian Vaccine Manufacturers :
Ø You
will email ( to DCGI – Drug Controller General of India / ICMR and the Commerce
Ministry ), your weekly / monthly, production / sales figures ( including any vaccines
imported in bulk for re-packaging or as vials )
Ø You
can locally sell vaccine, only to the Central and State Governments (- their notified
agencies ) under BULK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
Ø In
any given month, you will be allowed to EXPORT, 20 % of the dozes that you have
actually “delivered “to local governments during the preceding month. For such
exports, you will need to apply – and obtain from the Commerce Ministry – an EXPORT
LICENCE ( If you have delivered 10 lakh dozes locally in Nov 2020 , you will be
issued an export license for exporting 2 lakh dozes in Dec 2020 )
Ø To
get an Export License, you will need to mention the DESTINATION PORTS (
countries to which exporting ). Commerce Ministry will want to ascertain that
you are going to export to “ COVID affected POOR countries “ – and not to RICH
countries
That leaves the question re:
“ Who (which individuals, in which Section-Strata-
Region of our society ), shall the Central + State
Governments give priority for getting vaccinated ?
How will these priorities get determined systemically –
scientifically – transparently ( without introduction of HUMAN BIAS in the
process ) ? “
For such a process , read :
Rationing
of Covid Vaccine ? ……………………………………………………[
06 July 2020 ]
Related Readings :
“
Corona Kavach “ Insurance ………………………………………………….[
07 July 2020 ]
An
Appeal to DCGI – and others ……………………………………………..[
09 July 2020 ]
Thank
You All …………………………………………………………………………..[ 10 July 2020 ]
Probabilities
………………………………………………………………………………..[ 19
July 2020 ]
Congratulations
, Sid Chakravarthy ………………………………………….[
24 July 2020 ]
Thank
You , Cabinet Secretary ………………………………………………..[ 07 Aug 2020 ]
=========================================================================
For the attention of :
Ø Shri V G Somani, Drug Controller General of India ( DCGI )
Ø The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization ( CDSCO )
arunsharma@csco.nic.in / pbn.prasad@cdsco.nic.in / bangaru@cdsco.nic.in
Ø Smt Shubhra Singh ,
Chairperson , The National
Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority of India ( NPPA )
Ø Dr T P Lahane, Directorate of Medical Education and Research (
DMER )
dmerps@gmail.com / dmercetcell@gmail.com
Ø Shri Anil Deshmukhji ,
info@anildeshmukh.com / deshmukhv09@gmail.com
Ø Shri Rajendra Shinganeji,
drrajendrashingane61@gmail.com
Ø Shri Arun Unhaleji
Ø Shri Nandan Nilekani
nandan@nandannilekani.in / nandan_mn@infosys.com
Ø Shri Kris Gopalkrishnan
accelerator@axilor.com / krish@axilor.com
==========================================================================
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
/
hcp@rcruitGuru.com /
18 Sept 2020
No comments:
Post a Comment