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As doses of the first COVID-19 vaccine begin to roll out in the U.S. now, the estimate is that younger, healthy people may have to wait until spring or summer before they get their shot. But around the world, many people will be waiting far longer. Researchers who looked at the deals that wealthy countries have struck with vaccine manufacturers found that nearly a quarter of the global population is likely to be waiting until 2022 and possibly longer to have access to the vaccine.
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By mid-November, before any COVID-19 vaccines had regulatory approval, countries had reserved a total of 7.48 billion doses of the vaccines, enough to cover 3.76 billion people. But of the 13 different vaccines with preorders, it still isn’t clear how many will actually succeed. And just over half of the doses have been reserved by wealthier countries, even though low- and middle-income countries make up 85% of the glo
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