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> There can be vaccines without being approved for use in said countries. Unfortunately, the hotbed being Africa makes the situation much worse given historica
by mschuster91 5mo ago
> There can be vaccines without being approved for use in said countries.
Unfortunately, the hotbed being Africa makes the situation much worse given historical events - the entire continent has a dark history regarding colonial and modern abuses of power for medical "experiments" [1], and the entire topic resurfaced during the early Covid era [2].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_experimentation_in_Africa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_experimentation_in_Afr...
[2] https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/4/8/medical-colonialism-in-africa-is-not-new https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/4/8/medical-colonial...