My column today in @bopinion: The world can have vaccine boosters and first doses, too – the key is to explicitly contract on expanding production capacity: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
This is closely related to arguments colleagues (including Castillo, @Susan_Athey, @AW_Baker, @ebudish, @rglenner, Kremer, @JeanNahraeLee, Prendergast, @ATabarrok) and I made earlier in the pandemic in support of "push" contracts for vaccine procurement: science.org/doi/full/10.11…
If we expand capacity, this increases total production throughput. And even if initial booster doses come out of global supply, increased production enables other countries to catch up – in the long run, speeding up global vaccination. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
This can't be done overnight, which means we still have to do everything possible to counteract the impact of boosters on global vaccine supply. @GovindPersad, @WF_Parker, and @ZekeEmanuel recently proposed a series of strategies for this: bostonglobe.com/2021/09/09/opi…
We also need to shore up the supply chain, and do everything possible to ensure that scarce vaccine ingredients are not wasted. See, for example, this fantastic initiative from @CEPIvaccines: cepi.net/the-covax-mark…
But in the long run, capacity expansion can put us in position to deliver boosters and increase global vaccine supply at the same time. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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