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The vaccine race
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airiefairieThe WHO chairman, Thedros Ghebreyseus, himself an Ethiopian, has been advocating for the active development of Covid vaccines since the beginning of the pandemic. And though there are already several being circulated in large quantities as of now, he is still disappointed. And he may have a good reason. The world is nowhere near a fair distribution of the vaccines, let alone their free availability on the market.
Millions of doses have already been used in the developed countries. In the meantime, in Guinea, in Western Africa, a total of 25 vaccines have been administered. Not 25 million. Not 25 thousand. A total of twenty-five. Ghebreyseus does not mince words. He believes this is a total moral fallout for the world. And the price of this failure is the lives of thousands of people in the world's poorest countries.
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Millions of doses have already been used in the developed countries. In the meantime, in Guinea, in Western Africa, a total of 25 vaccines have been administered. Not 25 million. Not 25 thousand. A total of twenty-five. Ghebreyseus does not mince words. He believes this is a total moral fallout for the world. And the price of this failure is the lives of thousands of people in the world's poorest countries.
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