A lot of Twitter currently seems to be a split of either fatalism about Omicron variant, or advocacy for retweetable-but-flimsy measures that are unlikely to suppress transmission of a genuine threat. Discourse needs to be much better - for this situation and future pandemics. 1/
This piece is one of the few I’ve seen IMO asking the right sorts of questions. If we need to update vaccines (still a big if), how much time do we need to buy? What will the scientific, logistic and regulatory challenges be?
thetimes.co.uk/article/how-lo…
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And, of course, if we need to update vaccines, how do we get them to places most affected in equitable way? 3/
https://twitter.com/houzhou/status/1464454288579575814?s=20
As well as the many moral reasons for vaccine equity, there is also a selfish incentive here for rich countries: if you want to understand vaccine effectiveness, need to have them deployed where there is most ongoing risk. 4/4
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