Disagree. We should be honest. IT IS A ZERO-SUM GAME. Vaccine manufacturers are not able to meet demand. Production is already maxed out. If we hoard or have vaccines expire rather than share, that doesn't make it a non zero-sum game, it just makes us morally bankrupt.https://twitter.com/jburnmurdoch/status/1438103141216575490 …
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Replying to @zeynep
A couple of points. 1. If we give 200m boosters in USA, that's a small fraction of doses needed for the world 2. How many doses shipped to pharmacies in Alabama/Mississipi etc will expire there because people won't take them? Better to give them as 3rd shots to those who will.
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Replying to @PaulBieniasz
Indeed, need is large as vulnerable populations and healthcare workers in poor countries wait—due to lack of supply. For 65+, the IFR (outside nursing homes) is more than one percent, so that 200 million doses is ~2 million preventable deaths—using the most conservative estimate.pic.twitter.com/qfyFIKQUX2
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We should, of course, do everything to make sure doses are used, rather than expiring, especially since the lack of supply has left more than half the world’s population, especially the ones in poorer countries, without any vaccine protection. Looks like into 2022 at this rate.
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