2021-07-06 09:39 By: GMW.cn
At present, the COVID-19 pandemic is still spreading globally. The variants of the virus have increased the uncertainty of the global anti-epidemic work. Vaccine is a critical tool against the pandemic and the process of vaccination decides if the anti-epidemic work could succeed or not. However, some developed countries, such as the United States, have demonstrated undisguised ‘Vaccine Nationalism’ and hoarded vaccines in large quantities, contributing significantly to unequal global allocation of vaccines and hindered the process of pandemic containment.
Widening gap in vaccine allocation
Medical scientists believe that herd immunity can be achieved after the vaccinated population reaches 70% to 90%. At present, in some developed countries including the United States, Britain, Israel, and Canada, more than 50% of the population have received at least one dose of the vaccine. According to data
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The region also lags behind the nation in the percentage of adults with at least one shot and in adults who are fully vaccinated, an Enquirer analysis of U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention data shows. Roughly 3 of 5 adults in the region have had one COVID-19 vaccine shot. That s 967,000 of the 1.7 million adults in the 16 counties.
In addition, the region s path to reaching the herd protection that will block wide transmission of the novel coronavirus looks to be difficult, leaving the area with pockets of vulnerability. The reason: vaccine hesitancy, while continuing to drop in 2021 as people have become more familiar with the COVID-19 shots, remains above 20% in many areas.
Ohio s lottery-based incentive system not associated with increase in COVD-19 vaccination rates
Would you be more willing to get vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus if you could participate in a lottery for cash and prizes? The answer was surprisingly no, according to Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) researchers who found that Ohio s Vax-a-Million lottery-based incentive system, intended to increase COVID-19 vaccination rates, was not associated with an increase in COVD-19 vaccinations.
Prior reports in the media had suggested that the Ohio lottery increased COVID-19 vaccinations, leading other states to use COVID-19 vaccine incentive lotteries in an attempt to increase slowing vaccination rates. However, prior evaluations of the Ohio vaccine incentive lottery did not account for other changes in COVID-19 vaccination rates in the United States, such as those that may have been due to expansion of vaccination to ages 12-15, explained corresponding author Allan J. Wa
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