They're Asking Biden To Vaccinate The World. It's Not Fair. But It's Not Impossible
An open letter from 175 experts to President Biden made the ask. "We're not trying to be unreasonable," explains Dr. Paul Farmer, one of the signers. "We're trying to be optimistic and audacious."
What if the U.S. decided to vaccinate the rest of the world against COVID-19?
That's what more than 175 health experts proposed to President Biden in an Aug. 10 letter sent to senior White House officials and shared with The Washington Post.
"We urge you to act now," the letter reads. "Announcing within the next 30 days an ambitious global vaccine manufacturing program is the only way to control this pandemic, protect the precious gains made to date and build vaccine infrastructure for the future."
The experts are asking the Biden administration to do three things:
- Scale up production of mRNA vaccines in the U.S. with a goal ofglobally. MRNA vaccines, say the co-signers, are faster to produce and more effective against variants than other types of vaccines.
