Fix the global vaccine rollout or face even worse COVID variants, experts warn

Posted on AllSides December 10th, 2021
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The world has "lost the plot" on equitable vaccine access during the coronavirus pandemic and is falling far short of targets to vaccinate the global south, according to scathing assessments from experts as the omicron variant spreads to more countries.

From the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization [WHO] and several other public health groups have argued the only way out of the pandemic is to vaccinate the entire world.

But McGill University professor in the departments of epidemiology and biostatistics, Madhukar Pai, said the initial...

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https://www.npr.org/2021/12/09/1062475770/as-the-omicron-covid-variant-spreads-experts-sound-warning-on-vaccine-access

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