so that both of these bills can pass. now, congresswoman, i want to get to the fears around omnicron variant of the covid-19 virus and with that the travel bans from the countries in the u.s. and other nations from south africa where the variant was identified, along with other south african nations. i wonder if you see the criticism around the global health community not to mention south africa itself that are hypocritical, the result of vaccine hoarding, and where do you come down on the criticism? first of all, saving lives is a priority and we have to have a balance. i, for one, am making sure that the vaccines are distributed equitably globally. let me tell you, reverend al, today under 2% of people living in africa and in low-income
of these bills can pass. now, congresswoman, i want to get to the fears around the omicron variant of the covid-19 virus. with that, the travel bans on the countries from the u.s. and european nations in the last couple of days in south africa where the variant was identified, along with several other african nations. i wonder if you ve seen the criticism from some in the black community and the global public health community, not to mention south africa itself, that are hypocritical, the result of vaccine hoarding, and where do you come down on that criticism, congresswoman? well, first of all, saving lives is a priority, and we have to have a balance. and i for one am making sure that the vaccines are distributed equitably globally. let me tell you, reverend al, today under 2% of people living
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along with the completion of nordstream 2 is not to impose sanctions. 0k. the un secretary general, antonio guterres, has condemned the inequalities in the global supply of covid vaccines as immoral and stupid. the un was 40% of people in all countries to be vaccinated by the end of the year. instead of global co ordinated action to get vaccines where they are needed most, we have seen vaccine hoarding, vaccine nationalism, and vaccine diplomacy. we of course welcome efforts by countries to get vaccines to more places, but the global and regional and bilateral initiatives have failed to deliver.