How to vaccinate the world more quickly

There has been much talk about vaccine equity, but the main problem is not vaccine hoarding or price-gouging. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

(FINANCIAL TIMES) - With more than half the UK population fully vaccinated and the government just a little too eager to declare victory, spare a thought for Cameroon. With a population about half the size of England, Cameroon has - according to Our World in Data - administered just 160,000 doses of vaccine. On a typical day, the UK manages that many before lunch.

I have a certain romantic attachment to Cameroon, but the west African nation is not alone in lacking vaccines. More than six months into the global vaccination campaign, fewer than a quarter of people worldwide have received even a single dose of a vaccine. It is no wonder that more people have died of Covid-19 this year than died from the disease last year.

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