'Humanity has never made and distributed a vaccine for a disease faster than it did for Covid-19,' writes BillGates for CNNOpinion. 'But within this amazing success, there is a startling disparity...'
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Today, 46% of the world's population has received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. It's hard to overstate what a remarkable achievement this is. Humanity has never made and distributed a vaccine for a disease faster than it did for Covid-19. It accomplished in 18 months something that used to take a decade or more.
But within this amazing success, there is a startling disparity: Just over 2% of people in low-income countries have received any Covid-19 vaccines. And the gap will be harder to close as the world's richer governments buy up extra doses to serve as booster shots.Bill GatesPeople are right to be upset about the inequity here.
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