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"WW C"- COVID-19, GLOBAL CASES SURPASS 676 MILLION...CASES 676,609,955 DEATHS 6,881,955 US CASES 103,804,263 US DEATHS 1,123,836 8:30pm 1/28/24
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India Looks like they are trying to get going again
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11,903 New COVID-19 Cases In India, 14% Higher Than Yesterday
India reported 11,903 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, which was 14% higher than yesterday. The country also witnessed 311 Covid-related deaths in the period.
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AS AFRICA GOES UNVACCINATED, U.S. REMAINS AWASH IN SHOTS
Johns Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss discusses inequities in the race to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 and why the U.S. and other wealthy nations should help poorer countries catch up
Doug Donavan
Johns Hopkins University
November 2, 2021
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COVID-19 has only managed to exacerbate pre-pandemic global vaccine inequities, says Moss, vaccinology lead for the Coronavirus Resource Center. Looking at vaccine rates for typical childhood immunizations, there were 23 million unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children worldwide in 2020 and 44%, or 10.1 million, of those children live in the World Health Organization's Africa Region. Here, Moss elaborates on the stark global inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Why is there so much inequality in vaccines?
These vaccine inequities reflect longstanding social, economic, and political inequities between wealthy and poor nations. As of the end of September, high-income countries administered 35 times more doses [of COVID-19 vaccines] per resident than low-income countries. It was 62 times in June, so it has come down as vaccine distributions to low-income countries have increased. But it is still a very high ratio that highlights the global inequities in COVID-19 vaccines.
In addition, 56 WHO member countries did not achieve the goal of vaccinating 10% of their populations by the end of September. Those 56 countries comprise 20% of the world's population, and 70% of these people live in Africa.
WHO Africa said that by the end of 2021, only five countries on the continent will have met the World Health Assembly's goal of fully vaccinating 40% of their populations.
What would it take to help those nations succeed in their campaigns to vaccinate against COVID-19?
About 550 million doses are needed to help 82 countries in the world hit the 40% vaccinated mark. With 3 billion doses set to be produced by the end of the year, WHO officials said just 10 days of production could help those countries meet the goal.
What can the United States do to provide more doses to the world?
In addition to the donations that the United States and other nations have promised, people need to be aware of two other big problems: vaccine wastage and hoarding in the United States.
NBC News recently reported that between March and September there were 15 million doses wasted in the United States. It is unacceptable that any COVID-19 vaccines are wasted in the United States given the global demand and insufficient supply.
There is also vaccine hoarding. A recent report from Doctors Without Borders estimated there are 500 million excess doses in the United States even if the nation were to give a booster dose to everyone who is eligible.
So high-income countries not only have vaccinated a much higher proportion of their populations they're also storing—or hoarding—large numbers of vaccine doses that could be distributed to the rest of the world.
And there continue to be these stark global inequities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage while the United States is giving booster doses and vaccinating younger children who are at much lower risk.
But the bigger tragedy lies in the wasting and hoarding of vaccines that could be going to nations who desperately need them around the world.
Johns Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss discusses inequities in the race to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 and why the U.S. and other wealthy nations should help poorer countries catch up
Doug Donavan
Johns Hopkins University
November 2, 2021
As Africa goes unvaccinated, U.S. remains awash in shots
Johns Hopkins vaccine expert William Moss discusses inequities in the race to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 and why the U.S. and other wealthy nations should help poorer countries catch up
hub.jhu.edu
COVID-19 has only managed to exacerbate pre-pandemic global vaccine inequities, says Moss, vaccinology lead for the Coronavirus Resource Center. Looking at vaccine rates for typical childhood immunizations, there were 23 million unvaccinated or under-vaccinated children worldwide in 2020 and 44%, or 10.1 million, of those children live in the World Health Organization's Africa Region. Here, Moss elaborates on the stark global inequities in COVID-19 vaccination rates.
Why is there so much inequality in vaccines?
These vaccine inequities reflect longstanding social, economic, and political inequities between wealthy and poor nations. As of the end of September, high-income countries administered 35 times more doses [of COVID-19 vaccines] per resident than low-income countries. It was 62 times in June, so it has come down as vaccine distributions to low-income countries have increased. But it is still a very high ratio that highlights the global inequities in COVID-19 vaccines.
In addition, 56 WHO member countries did not achieve the goal of vaccinating 10% of their populations by the end of September. Those 56 countries comprise 20% of the world's population, and 70% of these people live in Africa.
WHO Africa said that by the end of 2021, only five countries on the continent will have met the World Health Assembly's goal of fully vaccinating 40% of their populations.
What would it take to help those nations succeed in their campaigns to vaccinate against COVID-19?
About 550 million doses are needed to help 82 countries in the world hit the 40% vaccinated mark. With 3 billion doses set to be produced by the end of the year, WHO officials said just 10 days of production could help those countries meet the goal.
What can the United States do to provide more doses to the world?
In addition to the donations that the United States and other nations have promised, people need to be aware of two other big problems: vaccine wastage and hoarding in the United States.
NBC News recently reported that between March and September there were 15 million doses wasted in the United States. It is unacceptable that any COVID-19 vaccines are wasted in the United States given the global demand and insufficient supply.
There is also vaccine hoarding. A recent report from Doctors Without Borders estimated there are 500 million excess doses in the United States even if the nation were to give a booster dose to everyone who is eligible.
So high-income countries not only have vaccinated a much higher proportion of their populations they're also storing—or hoarding—large numbers of vaccine doses that could be distributed to the rest of the world.
And there continue to be these stark global inequities in COVID-19 vaccine coverage while the United States is giving booster doses and vaccinating younger children who are at much lower risk.
But the bigger tragedy lies in the wasting and hoarding of vaccines that could be going to nations who desperately need them around the world.
Yep I have been telling you guys that fourth wave is coming and I think it’s already here.
This is interesting
Let the Tyranny Begin….HaHa!!!
I’m on team “Let The Anti-Vaxxers Die Already” so we can get over this shit!
Experts believe Russia’s COVID death toll is almost four times higher than government reports
I believe so and this is why they are waving the warning flag a little bit.
Do they see what’s going on with other parts of the world right now I don’t think that’s a good idea I know they want money but they need to wait
The only problem with that is that leaving them to stew in their own juices is one of the ways that we get variants of the disease. And there is a real concern that eventually a variant will develop that is vaccine resistant, and then we all go back to being at higher risk.
But honestly, that's the only reason I care about people not being vaccinated. Once we have a vaccine with more coverage or one that provides full immunity, I'd be more on team "let them rot". For right now, they still pose a moderate general threat.
Let the Tyranny Begin….HaHa!!!
I’m on team “Let The Anti-Vaxxers Die Already” so we can get over this shit!
There’s about to be a lot of employment opportunities coming out of this, people need to be on the lookout and take advantage.
There are a lot of people who may find themselves with jobs they wouldn't have normally been considered for as a result of people refusing the vaccination.
There is no need to wait. It’s been damn near three years. How much longer do you want restrictions?
I don’t like to see people die but in this case like I always say karma Never forgets a address nor a face
What I have been telling y’all…….be prepared!!!!