This post is taken from IZULAT blog repost here.
Lately, South Arica has been worrying about the
hogging or hoarding activities of wealthier countries which it said that these
countries do about the COVID-19 vaccines which left the Africans no more
available vaccines for them.
African expert regarding the pandemic said that
some countries thought if they vaccinate their population, they are now safe
from the coronavirus without regards to other countries battling against the
virus and said that no one is safe unless everyone in the world is safe.
“"Fundamentally, there's a mistaken belief by
some countries that they can vaccinate their populations and they'll be safe."It
simply is not true. In this world that we live in, with this coronavirus,
no-one is safe until everyone is safe," said Prof Salim Abdool Karim,
chair of the government's coronavirus advisory panel[of South Africa]….. "There's
no endgame that sees one country succeeding in controlling the virus while the
rest of the world is dealing with rampant spread. For me, we all need to stand
together. It's in everyone's interests….."To me it would be unconscionable
that a country like the US or UK to start vaccinating low risk young people,
when we here in Africa haven't even started vaccinating healthcare workers and
the elderly. "At the rate at which things are going, that is what's going
to happen," he warned.” (BBC)
The main point : South African expert told
wealthier countries not to hoard or hog COVID-19 vaccines and let other countries
like Africa could buy some and said no one is safe unless everyone in the world
is safe.
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