That countries with some of the lowest life expectancies and highest rates of HIV infections are the last to get access to the vaccine? The leaders of places like Chad could care less, they are busy lining their pockets with money!
Whilst we have a global short supply - lots of these countries also have distribution issues. A number of African countries have been throwing away vaccine because they couldn't distribute the small number of doses they were given in time. No point sending them more doses for them just to throw away again until they get the distribution figured out
And frankly to be pragmatic, most countries are going to concentrate their export-efforts to nations that pose the most risk to them. I expect that the United States will focus on Latin America first. European nations that are ahead of the curve are probably going to first provide to European nations that are behind the curve, then focus on nations where migrants to Europe come from in the greatest numbers. Unfortunately for sub-Saharan Africa, that probably isn't them.
Some countries have worse problems than covid like mass starvation and civil war
That countries with some of the lowest life expectancies and highest rates of HIV infections are the last to get access to the vaccine? The leaders of places like Chad could care less, they are busy lining their pockets with money!
Whilst we have a global short supply - lots of these countries also have distribution issues. A number of African countries have been throwing away vaccine because they couldn't distribute the small number of doses they were given in time. No point sending them more doses for them just to throw away again until they get the distribution figured out
And frankly to be pragmatic, most countries are going to concentrate their export-efforts to nations that pose the most risk to them. I expect that the United States will focus on Latin America first. European nations that are ahead of the curve are probably going to first provide to European nations that are behind the curve, then focus on nations where migrants to Europe come from in the greatest numbers. Unfortunately for sub-Saharan Africa, that probably isn't them.
I give a lot of credence to The Lancet but does what gets shipped match what got tested?
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