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A man receives a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Masaka hospital in Kigali, Rwanda, March 5, 2021. (CNS photo/Jean Bizimana, Reuters)
Two problems have stymied efforts to get more people vaccinated against Covid-19 worldwide: Vaccine skepticism and vaccine scarcity. A coalition of 42 Catholic domestic and international health care providers and development and relief agencies was launched this month to address both of those challenges. The coalition will confront misinformation here in the United States and supply worries overseas, where poor nations so far have only been allocated a fraction of the doses they need to turn back the pandemic.
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COVID-19 vaccine coverage wonât hit 60% mark in 92 poorest countries until 2023
16 April 2021 | News The US alone is expected to have at least 300 million excess doses of vaccine by the end of July 2021, according to new research released
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Just 10 nations with less than half the world’s population are administering three-quarters of all COVID-19 vaccine doses, while the poorest countries have barely begun vaccinating due to lack of funding and supply. The US alone is expected to have at least 300 million excess doses of vaccine by the end of July 2021, according to new research released.
The new research paper outlines a three-part plan to strengthen US leadership for safe, effective, and equitable global vaccine access, which is needed urgently. The recommended approach combines:
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Our guest is Herman Pontzer, an Associate Professor of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University and Associate Research Professor of Global Health at the Duke Global Health Institute. An well-known researcher in human energetics and evolution, he joins us to discuss his new book, Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy. The book draws on Pontzer s groundbreaking studies with hunter-gatherer tribes in order to show how exercise actually doesn t increase our metabolism. Instead, human beings generally burn calories within a very narrow range nearly 3,000 calories per day, no matter our activity level. The book thus offers, per a starred review in Kirkus, an absorbing, instructive lesson for anyone concerned about their health.