President Biden will convene a global Covid-19 Summit on Wednesday. What should be discussed? nyti.ms/3EF43uk
“The People’s Vaccine Alliance estimated in June that at the current pace, it would take 57 years for low-income countries to vaccinate their entire populations,” notes @JInterlandi. nyti.ms/3EF43uk
“Nearly a year since the first shots were administered, world leaders have yet to put forth a bolder or more comprehensive plan,” notes @JInterlandi. nyti.ms/3EF43uk
"The World Health Organization has been pleading with wealthy nations to hold off on boosters — and to forgo some of their planned vaccine purchases — until the rest of the world has a chance to secure more first doses." nyti.ms/3EF43uk
The best hope for controlling the pandemic “is to make many more vaccines — at least three times as many as the world has so far — and then deploy them as quickly and equitably as possible across the globe.” nyti.ms/3EF43uk
“Building a truly global vaccination system will be an epic challenge,” writes @JInterlandi. But at some point, leaders will have to face those challenges.
Read her examination of what has gone wrong with the world’s vaccination effort, and how to fix it. nyti.ms/3EF43uk
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