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PARIS (AP) â No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride away, received its first delivery July 15 after months of promises â 500,000 doses for a population over 11 million. Canada has procured more than 10 doses for every resident; Sierra Leone s vaccination rate just cracked 1% on June 20.
It s like a famine in which the richest guys grab the baker, said Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union s envoy for vaccine acquisition.
Published Sunday, July 18, 2021 4:19PM EDT PARIS (AP) - No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic. Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride away, received its first delivery July 15 after months of promises - 500,000 doses for a population over 11 million. Canada has procured more than 10 doses for every resident; Sierra Leone s vaccination rate just cracked 1% on June 20. It s like a famine in which “the richest guys grab the baker,” said Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union s envoy for vaccine acquisition.
Vaccine inequity leaves poor countries at mercy of the rich
Lori Hinnant,
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Paris When the race for coronavirus vaccines started, health officials knew the competition between rich and poor countries would be lopsided.
But few expected poor countries to be at the mercy of donations from the rich, or that the inequity would be this bad for so long. Poor countries have vaccinated 1% of their population, compared with 55% in the United States and about 25% globally.
The reasons for that gap return to decisions early on, in the initial bankrolling and distributing of the vaccines. Officials, primarily from the U.S. and Europe, have told the Associated Press they never thought to handle the situation globally. Instead, they jostled for domestic use.
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