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This is a bad faith article that would have ended the same either way. Right now western countries are getting taken to task for not approving the vaccine quick
by tharne 5y ago
This is a bad faith article that would have ended the same either way. Right now western countries are getting taken to task for not approving the vaccine quick enough. Had they approved it quickly in spite of the blood clot concerns, the headline would be something like, "Wealthy Western Countries use Africa to test questionable vaccine" and there would have been references to Tuskegee and some such.
Everyone is in unknown territory with this pandemic and frequent judgment calls have to be made before all the evidence is in. Sometimes you get it right and sometimes you don't. But saying countries "ruined" an entire continent's chance out of the pandemic is blatantly dishonest reporting.
- tasogare 5y agoYes. Europe developed vaccines and gave some for free to Africans but somehow "the EU might have ruined Africa's best chance out of the pandemic". This is one more article in the thread of "White man bad" that are trendy since a few years. And the article doesn't enlighten us of what would have happened if UE didn't gave any vaccine whatsoever or let Africa develop one, since UE intervention supposedly f*cked up the situation.
- arihant 5y agoThis. Besides most vaccines were to reach Africa from India. And the reason they didn’t is the devastating second wave in the country. Had India not had their wave, Africa would be much further along. US approval has no bearing here. The reality is every country preferred and promoted shots made in their own country/region. One can write a similar article that India not approving US vaccines and not signing indemnity in favour of AZ shots made at home signals that US vaccines are inferior because of heart inflammation concerns.