Published Sunday, July 18, 2021 4:19PM EDT PARIS (AP) - 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. It s like a famine in which “the richest guys grab the baker,” said Strive Masiyiwa, the African Union s envoy for vaccine acquisition.
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