3 Billion Shots, Part Deux

The Most Important Question · Mar 21, 2022 · 56m

A little while ago, I had a conversation with Dr. Madhukar Pai about vaccine equity.

In it, I tried to understand why and how developed countries were spending billions on COVID vaccine boosters, but so relatively little in low-income countries.

Not to say that nothing has been done, but it’s a pretty clear-cut case where whatever we have done, however complex the system, it’s nowhere near enough.

I can’t be more clear here. This will affect you.

We’re handing out 21 million shots a day across the world, and yet, 36.8% of the world’s population – 2.9 billion people – still haven’t received a…