Medical ethicists said the US has a moral duty to share its doses with other countries. That's especially true, they said, now that the pandemic is relatively under control in the US while countries like India have been overwhelmed by the virus.
With the coronavirus pandemic spiraling out of control in India and other developing regions, the United States this week committed to sharing 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other countries.
But that's a drop in the bucket. US to begin sharing AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine doses soonThe US has bought or contracted to buy more than 1 billion doses of coronavirus vaccines. That's enough to vaccinate the US population at least twice, with plenty left over. Medical ethicists told CNN the US has a moral duty to share those doses with other countries.
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