Global herd immunity remains out of reach because of inequitable vaccine distribution – 99% of people in poor countries are unvaccinated

<https://theconversation.com/global-herd-immunity-remains-out-of-reach-because-of-inequitable-vaccine-distribution-99-of-people-in-poor-countries-are-unvaccinated-162040>

"In the race between infection and injection, injection has lost.

Public health experts estimate that approximately 70% of the world’s 7.9
billion people must be fully vaccinated to end the COVID-19 pandemic. As of
June 21, 2021, 10.04% of the global population had been fully vaccinated,
nearly all of them in rich countries.

Only 0.9% of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose.

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 Center’s Launch and Scale Speedometer at Duke University in the
United States, I analyzed what the global vaccine access gap means for the
world."

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics