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https://www.unicef.org/supply/covid-19-vaccine-market-dashboard https://www.unicef.org/supply/covid-19-vaccine-market-dashbo... says that 20.9 billion doses hav
by Turing_Machine 5y ago
https://www.unicef.org/supply/covid-19-vaccine-market-dashboard https://www.unicef.org/supply/covid-19-vaccine-market-dashbo... says that 20.9 billion doses have been secured, or about 2.6 doses for every person on earth. Now, distribution is undoubtedly still a problem in some regions of the world, but it does look like there are plenty of doses available. At this stage, I don't think taking an extra dose equates to someone else not getting one.
- smnrchrds 5y agoCanada had more vaccines 'secured' per capita than any other country on earth, but its vaccination campaign lagged behind the US by months. In Canada's case, secured meant per-purchased. Delivery was a completely separate issue. We had secured 20 million doses of AstraZeneca. We have yet to receive even one dose (We eventually received some from Serum Institute of India, COVAX, etc. but none from our main contract for 20 million doses with AstraZeneca corporation). We had 'secured' 38 million Johnson & Johnson doses. we received 300k, which turned out to be most likely contaminated and could not be used, so they were sent back. We have yet to receive a single usable dose of Johnson & Johnson out of the 38 million we have 'secured'. Secured just means they have the budget and the contract in place. It doesn't say anything about delivery timeline.