- Global production of Covid vaccines in 2021 is estimated at around five billion doses, which is enough for about 2.5 billion people. There are eight billion people on this planet
- Many developed nations are hoarding stockpiles of vaccines by prepaying, which developing nations can’t afford to do
- Several developed nations have reneged on their commitment for equitable global distribution of the vaccines, agreed upon by 184 nations in the WHO COVAX facility that was set up to equitably distribute Covid vaccines
- Of the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN), as many as 67 will receive only negligible numbers of vaccine doses in 2021, to vaccinate perhaps a meagre 10% of their populations
- Developed nations are blocking pleas by developing nations to allow the world’s poor access to vaccine technology so that global production can be increased quickly
- Developed nations are also blocking calls from poorer nations to waive intellectual property rights guaranteed by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to Covid vaccines, which currently make it illegal for anyone but the vaccine owners to produce doses
- Many developing countries will suffer the terrors of Covid well into 2022 and 2023, while developed states are expecting to get back to normalcy by the end of 2021
- The delay in the distribution of the vaccines to the developing world will further exacerbate the gap between the world’s rich and poor
Rich vs. poor amidst Covid: The economic genocide of 2021
03 Jan 2021
Rich vs. poor amidst Covid: The economic genocide of 2021
03 Jan 2021
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