Petition · past parliament
Stop binning Covid vaccines. It's both immoral & shooting ourselves in the foot!
Rejected
21 signatures
What the petition asks
The UK government bought lots of vaccines, and got them into the arms of most of us. We got a life back; Fab!
The current policy seems to be, if we can't use it and it's getting out of date; bin it.
Give them instead to those who don't have the means to get vaccines.
The current policy seems to be, if we can't use it and it's getting out of date; bin it.
Give them instead to those who don't have the means to get vaccines.
Because we weren't sure which jabs would work & be ready in time, we bought way more than we needed, maybe as much as 200 million for 2022
1. The more unvaccinated people there are on the planet, the more certain a new variant that resist our vaccines will emerge
2. Many countries in the world can't get vaccines because we (rich countries) pushed the price up & have most of the stock
3. Binning vaccines under these circumstances is deeply immoral
1. The more unvaccinated people there are on the planet, the more certain a new variant that resist our vaccines will emerge
2. Many countries in the world can't get vaccines because we (rich countries) pushed the price up & have most of the stock
3. Binning vaccines under these circumstances is deeply immoral
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
We understand that you are concerned about vaccines being wasted, but we're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Increase donations of and funding for COVID 19 vaccines to developing countries: Increase donations of and funding for COVID 19 vaccines to developing countries
Donate all surplus Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries: Donate all surplus Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries
If you want the Government to do something different to the above petitions you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Increase donations of and funding for COVID 19 vaccines to developing countries: Increase donations of and funding for COVID 19 vaccines to developing countries
Donate all surplus Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries: Donate all surplus Covid-19 vaccines to poorer countries
If you want the Government to do something different to the above petitions you could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
Timeline
| 17 Nov 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 22 Nov 2021 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
21
Status
Rejected
Rejected
22 Nov 2021
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