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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter

Should we and other countries vaccinate those in poor countries? None of us is safe until we are all safe, unless we completely close our borders.

An interesting question posed by this mornings Hardtalk programme:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000t3l0

Do these people go around with their heads in the sand? Have they never heard of COVAX and the WHO?

Published 19th Feb

Commitments made at today’s Virtual G7 leaders meeting hosted by UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and at the Munich Security Conference later in the day, signaled significant progress in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic with an important underscoring of the need for global equity in access to test, treatments, and vaccines.

Leaders recognised that no country can be safe until every country is safe and collectively committed over US $4.3 billion to the ACT Accelerator partnership to develop and distribute effective tests, treatments, and vaccines around the world.

Also

The UK’s commitment to share vaccine surplus with developing countries is also welcomed and joins similar commitments made by Canada, France, Norway and the European Union.

https://www.who.int/news/item/19-02-...ccines-in-2021