1/4 I have some concerns about today's White House announcement:
1. 400 million donated vaccine doses is nothing much to brag about, @biological_e and our @TexasChildren's Vaccine Center alone has already produced 250 million doses.
cnn.com/2022/01/26/pol…
1. 400 million donated vaccine doses is nothing much to brag about, @biological_e and our @TexasChildren's Vaccine Center alone has already produced 250 million doses.
cnn.com/2022/01/26/pol…
2/4
2. Lack of situational awareness that we need 6-9 billion vaccine doses for the African Continent, Latin America & Caribbean Region, and Southeast Asia.
2. Lack of situational awareness that we need 6-9 billion vaccine doses for the African Continent, Latin America & Caribbean Region, and Southeast Asia.
3/4
3. By failing to vaccinate the world's low-income countries we should except another variant of concern to emerge and ultimately spread across Texas and the Southern US by this summer.
3. By failing to vaccinate the world's low-income countries we should except another variant of concern to emerge and ultimately spread across Texas and the Southern US by this summer.
4/4
4. We should not expect omicron to provide any sort of durable protection, we don't know about durability of mRNA boosters, and have no surveillance in place to know what the next variant will be
4. We should not expect omicron to provide any sort of durable protection, we don't know about durability of mRNA boosters, and have no surveillance in place to know what the next variant will be
Bottom Line: Same as it ever was, there appears to be no overarching strategy or global plan. Just react to situations and figure it out then...
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