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In reply to the discussion: Data shows Covid booster shots are 'not appropriate' at this time, U.S. and international scientists [View all]DFW
(54,047 posts)Last edited Tue Sep 14, 2021, 12:26 PM - Edit history (1)
You aren't preventing starvation if you airlift 100 tons of frozen food to a central distribution point in the Sahara that has neither refrigeration or even the electricity to power refrigerators if they had them. You can only help the locals if you have the facilities and infrastructure to implement your aid.
100 million doses of vaccine that will deteriorate before they even get unpacked helps no one. Better to distribute them while they are effective, and distribute vaccine that remains effective under local conditions where we can. Better to give Moderna boosters in the USA than send them to third world areas where they will be useless to the people there before they are even offloaded.