Tell President BidenChristians support funding for global vaccines

Posted: Aug. 18, 2021

In a wonderful new video from the Ad Council, Pope Francis urges everyone to get vaccinated as "an act of love," reminding us that the vaccines can end the pandemic -- "but only if they are available to all."

The sad truth is that right now, vaccines are not available to all. Less than 4 percent of people living in Africa and just 30 percent of people in Asia have received a vaccine, compared to 60 percent of Americans. The doses simply don’t exist in these places yet.

Fortunately, this is a solvable problem. If Congress includes $34 billion for global vaccines in the next budget reconciliation bill -- a drop in the bucket of what the U.S. has spent on the coronavirus so far -- experts say it will be enough to produce and distribute the 8 billion doses needed.

Congress has the opportunity to both lift up the global poor and protect the United States from future variants, which can develop anywhere in the world. However, Senate Democrats will only budget this money if they know President Biden is on board. And while the president has promised to donate 500 million doses to other nations, that's just 1/16 of the true need. Let’s show the White House that American Christians want to vaccinate the world!

Sign the petition:

[NOTE: If you are a resident of WA, CT, CO, MN, NH, NM, NV, PA, VA, WI, or VT, please also contact your senator, who sits on the health committee. Thank you!]

Dear President Biden,

As a Christian, constituent, and voter, I urge you to ask Congress to include $34 billion in funding in the budget reconciliation bill to significantly accelerate the production of COVID-19 vaccines for global distribution.

This amount is the cost necessary to produce and distribute 8 billion vaccine doses around the world. For a drop in the bucket of what the U.S. has already spent on COVID-19, we can both assist the global poor and protect our own residents by stopping the evolution of future COVID-19 variants.

This request is supported by Faithful America, Public Citizen, Oxfam America, Health GAP, Partners In Health, PrEP4All, RESULTS, and many more. As Pope Francis has said, vaccines are "an act of love" that can end the pandemic, "but only if they are available to all."

[Your additional personal comments here]

Thank you, Mr. President.

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