Covid-19

"We're tired of being ignored and left without the resources we need to care for our patients," explained California Nurses Association.

"No peer nation would tolerate such a power-drunk juristocracy," said one critic. "Our system is badly broken."

News of the virtual conference comes amid a failure to vaccinate the Global South—where fewer than one in seven people have received even a first shot.

"This bill will address the inequities in our tax code that keep the ultrawealthy from paying their fair share and will invest the revenue raised in those who deserve it most: our children and hardworking families."

"They have put the lives of millions of people at risk by perpetuating vaccine inequality," reads a new letter.

"Without immediate radical action, we could be witnessing the most profound collapse of humanity into extreme poverty and suffering in memory," said the director of Oxfam International.