and even now, it s not the absorbent of or delivery problem that s a problem. there is no vaccine, you can t even talk about delivery or absorption capacity when there is no vaccine. doctor gavin gamy of duke university said that rich countries behaved worse than anyone s worst nightmares. and he s not even talking about american reaching peak vulgarity by offering people one and a half million dollars to get vaccinated. he s talking about america and other countries reluctance to share vaccine supplies with poor countries. 66% of americans have received at least one dose of the vaccine. and africa, that number is less than 2%. joining us now is james, an economist at the lyndon b. johnson school of public affairs at the university of texas. thank you very much for joining us tonight.