'Vaccine nationalism': Is it every country for itself?

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A slew of bilateral deals between governments and drugmakers to secure millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines is putting at risk a WHO co-led initiative to bulk-buy and equitably distribute the pandemic vaccines around the world

This, according to global health charity Medecins Sans Frontieres , will further fuel “the global scramble to hoard vaccines by rich countries” and feed “a dangerous trend of vaccine nationalism”.

However COVID-19 is a far greater threat, and leaving swathes of the world’s people vulnerable will not only harm them, but also extend the pandemic and the damage it can cause, health experts say. And an EU source said last week that the European Commission, which is the bloc’s executive arm and leads EU talks with drugmakers, has advised EU countries not to buy COVID-19 vaccines via COVAX.

 

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I call this act 'selfish nationalism' in the face of a disease that disproportionately weighs on demographics

yvonne4tn Here we go again. First they were scooping PPE of the tarmac as it was being loaded on planes. Now this. Ugh!

Some countries? They are US!

GuineaPigs

Then the majority refuses to take it 😂🖕🏻

Global health “business” agencies 🙃

Yet the masks will still be worn after they get the vaccine. 😅

It all comes down to money. The country that proves their vaccine is effective and gets it out to the public first will control the market.

So wait, you're telling me greedy governments and greedy corporations are going to buy everything up making millions and leaving average folks to die? Does this ever happen? (I'm being sarcastic AF, btw)

Fuck the WHO

That’s what happens when you yoke up with a communist regime

BolsonaroAntiLavaJato

The US has no need for the WHO as some kind of vaccine middle man. A certain amount is a certain amount.

But, how's that possible? It's almost like, I dunno, it's more about the money then actually getting this 'deadly' pandemic under control... but that can't be, can it?

The WHO?

It skews the data. If Plan A has a deal for 300 mil doses and Plan G is better, even if, by leaps & bounds. Guess which one we'll get!

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