This should not be the default position. There is likely only a modest marginal benefit for rich countries from vaccinating young people, while developing nations would benefit enormously from these doseshttps://twitter.com/davidalim/status/1369753569277190147 …
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Replying to @GidMK
How does the logistics of transport and such fit in? And how do they determine who gets the surplus? Not to mention, what determines if there's a "surplus"? Non-white young people who work as supermarket cashiers not getting vaccinated as a result?
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Replying to @SarahGrynpas
My point is not about the minutia, which obviously are important, but that if your *default* position is that 100% of one country gets vaccinated before any sharing commences, it is not a good thing
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Replying to @GidMK
Sure, I understand that in theory. In practice, I don't think it's workable. It requires making some sort of objective judgement about Rt, and it's not an exact science. And changes constantly. And given history, likely to hurt poor, minority groups the most.
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Depends on the strategy, but (for example) US could give away doses currently intended for under 20 year olds. That would delay their vaccination program by ~3 months, and be enough to vaccinate all >80yos in Africa
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