It's been a long month since the last bonus Thank You episode! In this episode, get an update on the ongoing regime change operation in Belarus and find out why the vaccine intellectual property waiver actually has a chance of becoming a reality. After those updates, Jen responds to a lot of notes from producers. Thanks for supporting the show!

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Articles/Documents

• Article: World Bank opposes vaccine IP waiver The Bull, June 17, 2021
• Article: Pfizer, Moderna vaccines now preferred second dose for AstraZeneca recipients: NACI by Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press, North Shore News, June 17, 2021
• Article: Delta COVID-19 variant is now in more than 80 countries, WHO says By Emily Shapiro, ABC News, June 17, 2021
• Article: Delta variant causes more than 90% of new Covid cases in UK By Nicola Davis, The Guardian, June 11, 2021
• Statement: FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces Historic Vaccine Donation: Half a Billion Pfizer Vaccines to the World’s Lowest-Income Nations The Bull, June 10, 2021
• Article: World Bank opposes vaccine IP waiver The Bull, June 8, 2021
• Article: US contributed USD 2 billion to GAVI for COVAX facility Malaysia Sun, June 5, 2021
• Article: Why Joe Biden Punched Big Pharma in the Nose Over Covid Vaccines by Matt Stoller, May 9, 2021
• Article: U.S. Backs Waiver of Intellectual Property Protection for Covid-19 Vaccines By Yuka Hayashi and Jared S. Hopkins, The Wall Street Journal, May 6, 2021
• Article: Pharma loses vaccine IP battle despite record Q1 lobbying By Alyce McFadden, Opensecrets.org, May 4, 2021
• Article: Government-Funded Scientists Laid the Groundwork for Billion-Dollar Vaccines by Arthur Allen, KHN, November 18, 2020

Sound Clip Sources

Hearing: U.S. Policy on Belarus Senate Foreign Relations Committee, June 9, 2021

Watch on CSPAN

Witnesses

• Julie Fisher: US Ambassador to Belarus
• Sviatlana Tsikhaouskaya: Want-to-be President of Belarus
• Jamie Fly: President and CEO of Radio Free Liberty/Radio Liberty

Transcript:

2:45 - Sen. Bob Menendez (NJ) confirms that Senators Rob Portman (OH), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Chris Murphy (CT) all traveled to visit the people trying to change the government of Belarus in early June.

14:30 - Julie Fisher confirms that more sanctions are imminent

30:40 - Sen. Rob Portman's (OH) main takeaway from his visit is that Belarus's military partnership with Russia threatens Ukraine

1:35:00 - Julie Fisher confirms that U.S. diplomats access to Belarus will be limited

Cover Art

Design by Only Child Imaginations

Music Presented in This Episode

Intro & Exit: Tired of Being Lied To by David Ippolito (found on Music Alley by mevio)