Vaccine Inequity and Lesson for Nigeria
The planned move by some richer nations to rollout booster shots for their already fully vaccinated citizens just seems not to go down well with the WHO and other smaller nations who feel it's an egotistical show that reflects insensitivity towards the plights of other nations. They term it global vaccine inequity. The criticism for this comes from the consideration that there are still many countries yet to have their adult populations fully vaccinated. But what's the sense behind the anger against this so-called vaccine inequity and what's Nigeria's place in it? The delta variant, first discovered in India in late 2020, gave rise to the surge of the second wave. This more infectious strain threw nations back into another disconcertment, making them wonder what would be the fate of the socio-economic situation that was beginning to find footing just after the incontinence of the sudden explosion of what was a novel pandemic. Swiftly, control measures- which included...