for the possibility of additional variants in the future. and so people should have an expectation that we are expanding the market for over-the-counter tests. they will become more and more available and that we are going to make n95 masks more and more available. so 500 million test kits that are now available through the website, jose. and then in the coming weeks and months, they say, another 500 million that will be available through the website or other means. so, heidi, how does the administration plan to distribute those 400 million n95 masks? they re going to do it the same way they did the vaccines, which is through the federal pharmacy program, through local community centers. so the same places you went to get your vaccines or test kits, you can go to get these n95 masks. i asked him, is this just going to be for priority groups, because these have been in such short supply. he said, no, while we would like elderly people to get to the
of the sick and health systems don t collapse. and then come, of course, the elderly and others who are at high risk of infection and death. we are saying let s protect these people around the world first before we start scaling to beyond these priority groups. if you took the 2 billion doses that we ve agreed to procure and you distributed them among the 50 highest income countries, you would reduce deaths around 31%. if you distributed it across countries equitably, you get to a little over 60% of death reduction. so there is no question that equitable access is the right way, and that s why we re leaning in to try to make that happen. we need to have - equitable distribution. we need to have access. we cannot wait until. uk vaccinates all of its population and then say, well, then the vaccines| could be made available to other countries. - when nobody is safe, nobody will be safe. i if covid 19 demanded an urgent global response in 2021, so too did a deeper, more existential chal
the elderly and others who are at high risk of infection and death. we are saying let s protect these people around the world first before we start scaling to beyond these priority groups. if you took the 2 billion doses that we ve agreed to procure and you distributed them among the 50 highest income countries, you would reduce deaths around 31%. if you distributed it across countries equitably, you get to a little over 60% of death reduction. so there is no question that equitable access is the right way, and that s why we re leaning in to try to make that happen. we need to have - equitable distribution. we need to have access. we cannot wait until. uk vaccinates all of its population and then say, well, then the vaccines| could be made available to other countries. - when nobody is safe, nobody will be safe. i if covid 19 demanded an urgent global response in 2021, so too did a deeper,