Equitable distribution was a through-line of the event with several presenters and performers, like Vedder, calling on world leaders, governments and vaccine manufacturers to ramp up rollouts to countries in need. While COVID-19 is under control in the United States, there are parts of Asia and Africa where it remains a threat. India is currently in a crisis as it faces aOn the subject of misinformation, Prince Harry referred to it as a"global humanitarian crisis.
The rallying cry was met and matched by other presenters who urged a collective response to the ongoing pandemic. Gomez said rather than lecture she was going to beg viewers to get the vaccine."Please, please get vaccinated for your family, your neighbors and every single person you come in contact with," she said.
On that note, Global Citizen announced that as of Sunday night, $53.8 million in philanthropic and corporate donations have thus far helped procure nearly 10.3 million doses. Global Citizen co-founder and CEO Hugh Evans said momentum is only building."Critically, we need to see the U.S. and the U.K. step up and start sharing additional doses, and we need pharmaceutical companies such as Moderna to urgently provide millions of doses to COVAX for the poorest nations at nonprofit prices.
Evans appeared on stage before cameras started rolling during a series of on-stage remarks from sponsors, partners and local leaders, including L.A. County Department of Public Health director Dr. Barbra Ferrer."I am acutely aware that we can share this space with each other because we are among the privilege to have already been fully vaccinated," she said, while also nodding to the devastation caused by the crisis."This has been a year filled with sadness.
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of LA County Dept of Health, gets her much deserved moment in spotlight to praise COVID-19 recovery efforts, healthcare workers. But even on day with 0 deaths in area, she reminds of 23,000 lives lost in pandemic.
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