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Vaccine inequity: Inside the cutthroat race to secure doses
Global health experts say they expected vaccine distribution to be unequal between rich countries and poor countries
By LORI HINNANT, MARIA CHENG and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press
July 18, 2021, 6:43 AM
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PARIS -- No one disputes that the world is unfair. But no one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad, this far into the pandemic.
Inequity is everywhere: Inoculations go begging in the United States while Haiti, a short plane ride away, received its first delivery July 15 after months of promises — 500,000 doses for a population over 11 million. Canada has procured more than 10 doses for every resident; Sierra Leone’s vaccination rate just cracked 1% on June 20.