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HOW LONG BEFORE THE ENTIRE WORLD IS VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19?

( https://www.newsweek.com/coronavirus-vaccine-covid-19-who-gavi-putin-trump-boris-johnson-health-economy-1524958 )

We still have a long road until the vaccine for covid-19 is complete and ready for the public. Countries need to work together in order to get there with over 750,000 people dead and the poor state of the global economy.GAVI, the vaccine alliance, who has been primarily focused on finding a vaccine for AIDs, has opened a facility where they will try to make the vaccine accessible for all countries, especially poorer ones. Their goal is to deliver at least two billion doses by the end of 2021. They hope to pool together the resources of wealthier countries to help the vaccine reach poorer countries so that it is available for everyone. Since the vaccine can’t ultimately reach everyone, they want to focus primarily on health care workers and people at risk. They aim to vaccinate 20% of the population since that should cover susceptible groups and downgrade the transmission of the virus. While GAVI thinks that countries have to work together to produce a successful vaccine, Trump has been pushing for an “American first” approach. Due to the fake news about vaccines, a survey showed that 1 in 3 Americans would elect not to get the vaccine while 1 in 4 people in the U.K. wouldn’t get it. There is also skepticism that due to politics becoming entwined with the covid-19 pandemic, that may have some effect on who chooses to receive the vaccine. The Russian president claims that their country has been given approval to a locally developed vaccine but many people are skeptical since vaccines have to go through a thorough evaluation to see if it’s safe. In a global pandemic, it is important that countries have a global view and don’t only focus on themselves.

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