Global herd immunity remains out of reachâ 99% of people in poor countries are unvaccinated
Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the worldâs 7.9 billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the Covid-19 pandemic.
Maria De Jesus 26 June, 2021 1:29 pm IST Text Size:
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I am a scholar of global health who specializes in health care inequities. Using a data set on vaccine distribution compiled by the Global Health Innovation Centerâs Launch and Scale Speedometer at Duke University in the United States, I analyzed what the global vaccine access gap means for the world.
A global health crisis
Supply is not the main reason some countries are able to vaccinate their populations while others experience severe disease outbreaks â distribution is.
With 99% of citizens unvaccinated in poor countries, inequality is undermining herd immunity
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