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SUBJECT LINE: [URGENT] Lift the ban on export of raw materials for Vaccine doses

Hello [Insert Representative Name(s)],

My name is [YOUR NAME]. I am a resident of [CITY/STATE] and I am writing to you today about the COVID-19 surge in India and the Biden Harris administration’s decision to restrict export of key raw materials for the manufacture of COVID-19 vaccines .

India is currently facing its worst surge in cases since the pandemic started, with over 300,000 cases recorded each day and an acute shortage of oxygen tanks and ventilators. This has been exacerbated by a slow vaccine rollout, that has been further restricted by shortages of manufacturing materials that are necessary to making vaccines according to The Serum Institute.

In response to the senior State Department spokesperson's defense of the ban stating that the Biden administration’s first obligation is to take care of the American people: the United States currently has the resources and manufacturing capacity to exceed domestic vaccination needs. It is in everybody’s best interest to support worldwide vaccination efforts, to prevent the spread of contagious variants and reduce suffering.

We urge you to push this administration to lift restrictions on exports of these key materials as well as allow access to excess vaccines.

Thank you for your attention to this.

Warmly,

[YOUR NAME]

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Phone Script:

Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I am a constituent from your [District/State]. India is currently going through an ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases. I am contacting you in order to urge you to push the Biden administration to lift restrictions on exports to India of raw materials necessary to manufacturing vaccines as well as allow access to excess vaccines. Thank you.

 

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Where to find information about your representatives:

https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative

To directly email your representatives:

https://democracy.io/

Other ways to urge the Biden administration to take action and lift the ban on the export of raw materials needed to produce COVID-19 Vaccines:

Change.org petition:

https://www.change.org/p/joseph-r-biden-lift-us-embargo-on-exporting-vaccine-raw-materials-to-india?recruiter=1167079963&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_initial&utm_medium=whatsapp&utm_content=washarecopy_28445788_en-US%3A1&recruited_by_id=be77aeb0-355c-11eb-8a53-a9bb126667cf

Resources to donate to COVID relief in India:
https://indiafightscorona.giveindia.org/healthcare-heroes/

https://indiafightscorona.giveindia.org/support-families/

https://hemkuntfoundation.com/donate-now/#

https://rb.gy/rt8ikr

https://fundraisers.giveindia.org/fundraisers/khaanachahiye-mumbai-is-battling-hunger-along-with-covid-19-again

https://milaap.org/fundraisers/support-adivasi-tribes

Big resource list to ongoing fundraisers related to COVID-19 distress (Courtesy of @ayushi_nayak on twitter)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eiobgyrl8iz-R1Dz7c4R5pzzzkuZLBj99vaC7T_UeVo/edit?usp=sharing

Another resources doc, (credits to @lavanyadj on twitter)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10ca5YH5YUtp7Qe63sVNX1SlepQcvzc4RCwLhMBvTJyE/edit

Resources to Discuss COVID-19 Precautions with Family:

Equality Labs has put together a PDF guide around COVID-19 precautions, in English and major South Asian Languages. These are linked below, so please feel free to share with family and friends.

https://www.equalitylabs.org/covid19guide

Link To Guide: tinyurl.com/xa7zn3xs