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"Smart people adjust plans as they discover new information." The new information, that the world is globalized, with many countries not being able to afford v
by hutzlibu 5y ago
"Smart people adjust plans as they discover new information."
The new information, that the world is globalized, with many countries not being able to afford vaccines and also many militant anti vaxxers around?
How was wiping out covid, a realistic goal in the first place?
- elliekelly 5y agoWe managed to keep SARS and MERS fairly contained.
- hutzlibu 5y agoBut I believe that was a very different situation at that time, with it not already spread globally and being less infectious.
- astrange 5y agoThe problem isn't really affording vaccines so much as being able to administer them. Africa is a big place; it is literally hard to get very cold mRNA vaccines to people even if we donate them. Similarly, a lot of people have been claiming we're evilly withholding patents from the world, but that can't be a real issue or China and Russia would just have stolen the IP from us. They literally can't produce them any faster even with the rights.