The rapid spread of new variants is a *symptom* of a deeper issue. We can continue to try & protect ourselves against variants--talking third doses in rich countries--OR, we can address one of the biggest underlying drivers: most of the world having little access to vaccines.
2/ I'm frankly disappointed- because 'global solidarity' has once again proven to be all talk.
Go to any global vaccine tracker website right now and look at the countries that are at the bottom. Are you surprised? I am not.
Go to any global vaccine tracker website right now and look at the countries that are at the bottom. Are you surprised? I am not.
3/ We have to acknowledge that our global power structures are ones that even before #covid19 existed to propagate inequities; they exist to extract resources from impoverished places; they exist at the expense of entire populations who are now facing dangerous variants w/o vaxx
4/ Is this who we in wealthy countries are? Have we learned nothing? We are talking about the #Delta variant in terms of how we can protect ourselves; while paying little attention to how many of the key #covid19 variants emerged, and from where, and *why*
5/ The media coverage in the US is part of the problem; our coverage, relatively speaking, fails to dive into the deeper structural problems behind global inequity & what role wealthy countries like USA have played in it.
Instead, they fear monger around variants spreading here
Instead, they fear monger around variants spreading here
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