What gives 'you' the right to decide what is to be done with vaccines manufactured using other countries money?
I guess I am not really getting this..food,gasoline,corn,pork,chicken,beef..water pumps,cobalt..where do we start or stop? I sure don't know. In the world, it's generally accepted that might is right and that some loosely based laser fair system is in place. So if you have the cash or credit headroom to buy vaccines you get them.
I certainly see the points people are making about politics and ethics but it's hard to really understand were objections would have been voiced and what would be the corrective action or agency for enforcement.
Trump was very very clear..US companies would supply vaccines to the U.S.first..companies that the U.S. contracted with would fulfill their obligations.
I also have seen commentary on vaccine hoarding and what to do about it, often with some part of the discussion leaning into a version of..don't let the things go to waste..
I sure don't have any answers..In Mexico they have zero cash,some credit and have taken mass delivery of Sputnik vaccine from Russia w cloudy details about payment. Also 3 states in Mexico are reporting that they recently went into a green Covid status..a kind of coast is clear.
The U.S.has @11% of the population vaccinated.
In many places in central and South America..vaccines are just starting to get there..most of Africa is sounding the same.
I personally don't,have never seen any level of world cooperation,on anything,and I didn't expect that there would be a summit saying,let's all look out for one another and share information and medicine regardless of status or wealth..it would be great..but do you really think something like that is going to happen?
And not to pile on but..both New York and California had a bunch of wasted vaccine early on due to draconian measures saying if you got caught injecting anybody outside the authorized group..lose license or get fined or both..then stories of immunization sites injecting anyone so that vaccines didn't spoil..
also in Mexico,because of improving conditions hospital personnel that were on paid leave because of medical conditions,diabetes,hypertension,over weight,esc. Will possibly be called back to work. Replacement workers,lots w 90 day contracts will vacate and let the employees resume their jobs.. Lots of signals about a start of returning normal routines.