Why aren't the locals buying bed nets themselves?
I'll guess extreme poverty is the reason, but they're not going to be buying the vaccines either, so it seems like we should be spending money on the bed nets as the cost-benefit ratio is going to be better. That doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't also do vaccination where possible, but it seems like from an economic point of view, the bed nets are what aid money or humanitarian groups should be focusing on.
Prof Adrian Hill of the Jenner Institute, Oxford, said he was pleased and encouraged by the EMA's decision but added that the vaccine was not a "magic bullet".
He said: "A bed net is more effective than this vaccine, but nonetheless it is a very significant scientific achievement.
While research into a vaccine is great, why haven't we focused efforts on supplying bed nets for everyone? I'm assuming that they'll cost less than the vaccine per unit and they also have the advantage of being reused.
so we do it like the movie "Armageddon"
but instead of oil rig workers we send wrestlers
send WWE personalities. send john cena and people built like him
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