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At least nine people involved with companies that develop and manufacture COVID vaccines have become billionaires since the beginning of the pandemic, thanks to the monopoly power of pharmaceutical firms, according to new analysis by global health groups. The new billionaires’ combined net wealth of $19.3 billion would cover the cost of vaccinating everyone in low-income countries where vaccines largely remain out of reach and roughly 10 percent of the world’s population lives, according to the People’s Vaccine Alliance, a coalition of global health and trade groups, which analyzed Forbes Rich List data. The New York Times vaccine tracker reports that only 0.3 percent of the global vaccine supply has reached the 29 poorest countries, while 84 percent of vaccines have been administered in high- and upper-middle-income countries. Nearly half the population of the United States has received at least one dose, compared to 14 percent in South America, 4.8 percent in Asia and 1

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