Biden Doubles US Global Donation of COVID-19 Vaccine Shots
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Source: AP News
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the United States is doubling its purchase of Pfizers COVID-19 shots to share with the world to 1 billion doses as he embraces the goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population within the next year.
The stepped-up U.S. commitment marks the cornerstone of the global vaccination summit Biden convened virtually on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, where he encouraged well-off nations to do more to get the coronavirus under control. World leaders, aid groups and global health organizations are growing increasingly vocal about the slow pace of global vaccinations and the inequity of access to shots between residents of wealthier and poorer nations.
The U.S. purchase of another 500 million shots brings the total U.S. vaccination commitment to more than 1.1 billion doses through 2022. About 160 million shots supplied by the U.S. have already been distributed to more than 100 countries, representing more donations than the rest of the world combined. The remaining American doses will be distributed over the coming year. To beat the pandemic here, we need to beat it everywhere, Biden said.
He added that with the new commitments, For every one shot weve administered to date in America, we have now committed to do three shots to the rest of the world. The latest purchase reflects only a fraction of what will be necessary to meet a goal of vaccinating 70% of the global population and 70% of the citizens of each nation by next Septembers U.N. meeting. Its a target pushed by global aid groups that Biden threw his weight behind...
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JustAnotherGen
(32,025 posts)Too many Americans won't take them - let's get them to the people who will, and who want to survive.
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