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 'Vaccine Nationalism' 

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"Vaccine Nationalism would limit poor and developing countries in getting access to a vaccine.Only when a vaccine inoculates all sections of society, it would be considered to be truly effective."
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~  World Health Organisations ~
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The great expectation in the restraint of infectious diseases is always a vaccine. A vaccine could be a weakened biological or synthetic agent administered to humans that will protect them from contracting infectious diseases by supplying specific antibodies to neutralise the disease. Vaccines have always sounded the bugle of relief from morbidity and mortality for societies. They have played an important role in the reduction of communicable diseases from the second half of the 20th century. Recently,mournful but true that, the increasing bid over vaccine nationalism has been supremely criticized by the WHO, with many even terming it to be an extension of the current pandemic.
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What is vaccine nationalism?
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Vaccine nationalism comes about  when a government guarantees  vaccination doses for its population before they are made accessible in other countries. It is accomplished by pre-purchase agreements between a government and a vaccine manufacturer.
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Geopolitics and The Vaccine Race
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" It's dog eat dog in the world of COVID-19 vaccines"
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Vaccine nationalism adumbrates the dogma which is the fear of global health agencies planning a scheme to bulk-buy and equitably distribute vaccines around the world. They are watching with dismay as some wealthier countries have decided to go it alone, striking deals with drugmakers to secure millions of doses of promising candidates for their citizens.

One of the most terrifying things in the early days of the pandemic was watching the richest and ostensibly most powerful countries in the world fumble their response through a combination of political malpractice and the effects of having let national institutions crumble for years.

Current geopolitical trends suggest that breaking the tit-for-tat between two superpowers and the race for a vaccine would be practically impossible.When  Russia announced with sanguine voice   that it would be the first country to approve one namely "Sputnik V", nobody rejoiced. Scientists pointed out clinical testing wasn’t complete, the vaccine had been tested on fewer than 100 people. Anthony Fauci, director of the US National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said he had “serious doubts” it would work.

Developing the first effective vaccine would certainly help China to encounter criticism due to the coronavirus outbreak; it will also enhance national pride. But not all countries have the means to make those investments. This is self-interest, a nationalistic approach that is limited and shortsighted. Because nobody is safe unless everybody’s safe.'
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Possible Solutions
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“The argument we are making is that the virus is everywhere in the world and it would be impossible for the world to go back to normal, and for the economy to recover if only pockets of people are protected...”
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~Chief Scientist at the World Health Organisation (WHO) Soumya Swaminathan ~
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The peerless antidote is international cooperation, an enforceable Covid-19 vaccine trade and investment agreement that would assuage the fears of leaders in vaccine-producing countries.

It would be easier if the US and China could get together on this and coordinate efforts, especially if they could do it through the WHO. Many of the world’s scientists are already doing this whereas governments aren’t.

We need to make sure that this spirit of global solidarity and this principle of vaccines as a public good is put at the heart of the political agenda on Covid-19. A universal social contract for a people’s vaccine against Covid-19 is a moral imperative that brings all of us together.It is not just an ethical and humanitarian matter, but also economic and strategic, as global recovery requires a collective effort.
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Finally, we can justly state that,
vaccine nationalism should be brushed off and focus should be made on providing access to all.
We, presently, need to have a multilateral or global approach to vaccine deployment and distribution, rather than a more nationalistic approach. For this conspicuous reason, leading philanthropists and health bodies should  come forward to do their bit in helping at-risk countries.
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