Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses

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No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.

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The disparity was in some ways inevitable; wealthy nations expected a return on their investment of taxpayer money. But the scale of the inequity, the stockpiling of unused vaccines, the lack of a viable global plan to solve a global problem has shocked health officials, though it wasn’t the first time.“We have no access to vaccines either as donations or available for us to purchase. Am I surprised? No, because this is where we were with the HIV pandemic.

Happi said officials never expected the pandemic would strike first and hardest in Europe and the U.S. Or that their assessment of preparedness in the world’s most advanced economies would prove horrifically optimistic. The race to make and secure vaccines was on, and the United States and Britain were leagues in front of the rest of the world — a lead they wouldn’t lose. Still, both countries would see

The idea of including clauses to ensure that vaccines would go to anyone besides Americans wasn’t even considered.— 18 times under the Trump Administration and at least once under Biden. The moves barred exports of crucial raw materials as factories were ramping up production of the as-yet-unapproved vaccines — and eventually, of the vaccines themselves.

Some involved in the COVAX project flagged India as a potential problem early on, according to minutes of meetings in late spring and early summer of 2020., but many global health authorities who hadn’t fully grasped the extent of pandemic nationalism found it unimaginable that the country would block vaccines when the world was counting on them. Also, India had so far been spared the waves of death that were sweeping across Europe and the Americas.

In the United States, meanwhile, manufacturing and the trials went on in parallel, which is where taxpayers and the companies took enormous risks that paid off for both. The Western companies with the most promising doses, including Pfizer/BioNTech, Moderna and AstraZeneca, had by then been churning out vials for months before formal approval, based on pledges from the wealthy countries that an enormous market awaited.

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Let’s be real here. If you (by you I mean all world’s governments) didn’t coerce people to take it I promise a tiny few would. So stop the lies and propaganda. Your house of cards will come down sooner than you think.

Maybe the AP didn't expect it. But there were plenty of critics of Western vaccine hoarding and pharma profit protectionism warning of this very thing from the beginning of the pandemic. You guys are far afield of the zeitgeist. Need to dust off your reporting chops, AP.

Actually this is by design. If we wanted everybody to be immunized then we would allow generic versions of the drug to be produced. But we don't so we don't.

This was clear to begin with.

I with held getting my vaxx so an unpreviliged person can be a guinea pi.... I mean safe from covid. I'm too previlaged to get it first

bro whomstve is noone that was obvious from minute one people advocated for releasing the patents because of that remember ?

'No one', is a lot of people and probably very poor odds of being true.

I did.

If it doesn’t involve profit, rich people don’t care. The vaccine is free so they can’t make money from it

Please say stop to the persecution in Jerusalem. Your reaction means a lot. StopTheRaid

There is no excuse for oppression anywhere in the world. Being on the side of the oppressed is our human duty. Do not remain silent in the face of persecution. We can end the persecution together. StopTheRaid

Yep. It's a worlwide pharma shadow government conspiracy.

Mescid-i Aksa is ours StopTheRaid

예루살렘이 죽어가고 있습니다. StopTheRaid

I did 🙋🏻‍♂️ And it is normal for countries with money to pay for a vaccine. A well run country isn’t just luck, it is a legacy of sacrifice from prior generations

Disingenuous news pretending to be naïve, while media does not aggressively cover why a vaccine campaign to inoculate low risk people when you can redirect globally to those at high risk. Holding you accountable & calling you out!

I don’t care about what the WHO thinks about rich countries putting their own over others when there’s a pandemic. They failed on so many levels. Maybe if they stopped believing the lies coming out from China and did their work, this wouldn’t have been a pandemic.

Say no to the raid on Masjid al-Aqsa today StopTheRaid

Le persone innocenti sono in una situazione difficile per favore non stare in silenzio dite basta!!! StopTheRaid

Palestine's human rights should not be taken away, houses should not be demolished. Children and women should not be helpless. StopTheRaid

In America, (half) the poor are deliberately making that choice. And I’ve run out of sympathy.

Israel sets limits on all freedoms with the occupation. Please don't stay silent. StopTheRaid

Fake news

If you actually asked anyone below 40~ you would have found out how stupid this article is. This was always how it would end.

The occupying Israel is oppressing the Palestinians.The whole world is silent about this unjust persecution.They want to be expelled from their thousands of years old homes and places of worship. Isn't this against human rights?Please announce this, don't be silent! StopTheRaid

not the world but the racist virus that is wyt pepl

There are allot of bigger injustices in the world.

Or between the global rich and quite rich Australia, due to ScottMorrisonMP’s LiberalAus government’s utter incompetence!

If by no one you meant everyone

Lol why would you not expect this? What possible indicators were there that this would play out any other way

А вот это уже интересно! Надо поймать на дороге чтобы человек от неожиданности не успел понять надо ему прививку делать или нет.

One man just paid almost $30 mil for a joyride to space. While he’s enjoying his trip, many other men, women and kids will die of hunger. As long as that news remains acceptable to us, that is the news we’ll get.

It always works like this.

Seriously? No one expected this? Wtf are you talking about? We ALL expected this.

Don’t call me “no one”! it’s rude.

many absolutely expected exactly this

'No one'? Really? Anybody who's been remotely paying attention to the world for the last decades knew this was coming. Where have you been, AP?

LMAO WHO IS NO ONE The discrepancies between how well the rich and poor are taken care of are always like this.

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EVERYONE expected the gab to be this bad.... EVERYONE!

Apart from the WHO Michael Ryan who correctly seemingly predicted this farce

Except everyone expected this.

there better off without the dodgy experimental vaccine

Are you being sarcastic?

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