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Vaccines for All
ven gupta: The concept of boosters for all is an economic argument, plain and simple. It's not a moral argument. We are willing to pay more per vaccine than what the w jo,. through its covax facility, can afford to pay for that same exact vacine. By providing more boosters for more people with supply that exists right now, we are fundamentally altering market dynamics. Right now, vaccines are going to the high spidder. There isn't an epidemic of any of us ending up in the hospital with severe cot. And so certainly, more is often better when it comes to vaccines. But i think it is not the right thing for federal health officials or world