Paul O Mahoney
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I didn't foresee the debate that has now begun on the issue of booster jabs which primarily will be given in western countries.
I personally thought that manufacturing of vaccines would now be a lot more than it is now and the dual projects of rolling out vaccines to poorer countries and booster jabs initially to those vulnerable people in western countries .
Most scientists Ive heard/read are totally against the booster jabs being rolled out now as there are vast swathes of the planet with little or no vaccines and with prospects of getting enough is not looking promising.
42% of the global population has had a least one jab, the important one, with 1.9% in Africa.
Israel, for example has mandated that all over 12s will get the booster and has began its administration.
The head of the WHO thinks its immoral, South Africa thinks its apartheid in a new form, and the African head of the WHO says the global economy has developed complex and robust distribution channels and if vaccines were sent to Africa the infrastructure in Africa would allow them to be used quickly, unlike say 20/30 years ago .
The Lancet is a recent report said the there is no need for booster jabs as there is no evidence yet that they add anything more to immunity.
The question is whether anyone here would be willing to forgo a booster in the coming months if it meant that those doses would be distributed to poorer countries.
I personally thought that manufacturing of vaccines would now be a lot more than it is now and the dual projects of rolling out vaccines to poorer countries and booster jabs initially to those vulnerable people in western countries .
Most scientists Ive heard/read are totally against the booster jabs being rolled out now as there are vast swathes of the planet with little or no vaccines and with prospects of getting enough is not looking promising.
42% of the global population has had a least one jab, the important one, with 1.9% in Africa.
Israel, for example has mandated that all over 12s will get the booster and has began its administration.
The head of the WHO thinks its immoral, South Africa thinks its apartheid in a new form, and the African head of the WHO says the global economy has developed complex and robust distribution channels and if vaccines were sent to Africa the infrastructure in Africa would allow them to be used quickly, unlike say 20/30 years ago .
The Lancet is a recent report said the there is no need for booster jabs as there is no evidence yet that they add anything more to immunity.
The question is whether anyone here would be willing to forgo a booster in the coming months if it meant that those doses would be distributed to poorer countries.