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"The world now has a new COVID-19 vaccine in its arsenal, and at a fraction of
the cost per dose.
Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has seen over 314 million
infections and over 5.5 million deaths worldwide. Approximately 60% of the
world population has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. But
there is still a glaring and alarming gap in global access to these vaccines.
As a virologist who has followed this pandemic closely, I contend that this
vaccine inequity should be of grave concern to everyone.
If the world has learned anything from this pandemic, it’s that viruses do not
need a passport. And yet approximately 77% of people in high- and
upper-middle-income countries have received at least one dose of the vaccine –
and only 10% in low-income countries. Wealthy countries are giving boosters,
and even fourth doses, while first and second doses are not available to many
worldwide.
But there is hope that a new vaccine called CORBEVAX will help close this
vaccination gap."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
