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Coronapod: COVID boosters amidst global vaccine inequity

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Is There a Moratorium on the Giving of Booster Shots?

An analysis from kaiser family foundation, r k ff, found that the pace of vaccination in low income countries would need to increase by nearly twentyfold just to inoculate forty % of those populations. And as a result of this, the w h o has called for a moratorium on the giving of booster shots. So they called a moratorium until ten percent of populations around the world are vaccinated. But no, unfortunately, you know, right after they put out that announcement, i think it was germany and france, announced that they would be giving bosteres to elderly people,. possibly front line workers, in september. We will be vaccinating children probably before other

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