Worth noting that the Biden Administration's policy on vaccines, as spelled out in his Congress speech on Wednesday, is almost literally "America first"...
"Every American will have access before"...👇
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
"Every American will have access before"...👇
whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/…
...we can debate about whether the EU and UK are guilty of vaccine nationalism but there's really no question that, whether it's right or wrong, that's what we're seeing in the US.
Previous thread here elaborates 👇
Previous thread here elaborates 👇
https://twitter.com/BenChu_/status/1375052733779226625?s=20
...On this subject, this new @BBCTheInquiry episode by @kavpuri suggests one of the roots of the crisis afflicting India is the Delhi government relying *only* on domestic vaccine production - and failing to order further supplies from overseas...👇
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…
...In other words - not enough diversification.
Important lesson there for those tempted to think vaccine autarky (or any kind of autarky for that matter) confers national security
Important lesson there for those tempted to think vaccine autarky (or any kind of autarky for that matter) confers national security
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