but are we seeing global solidarity? have we really moved beyond national considerations? as i watch the world's richest countries defend their approach to boosters, doctor tedros�*s famous phrase keeps coming to mind. none of us are safe until all of us are safe. in reality, this is an argument about the route you take to that point. it's about the order in which things happen. there's no doubt the world's richest countries do want the whole world vaccinated, but their immediate priority is their own populations and, this week, as the uk's booster plan began to be rolled out, england's deputy chief medical officer — a man famed for his metaphors — gave us one more. it's better to put some extra guy ropes on there and then than it is to wait until it's the middle of the night,