As countries around the world continue to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) is calling for a moratorium on vaccine boosters. W.H.O. director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced this morning at a news conference that the organization is pleading with wealthier nations to delay vaccine boosters until at least September. His reasoning makes good sense if we, as a planet, are ever going to finally get out of this pandemic's chokehold.
The moratorium is intended to give countries that are struggling to get their populations vaccinated a chance to catch up, Reuters reported. The idea is that no country should be offering a booster shot until every country has at least 10% of their people vaccinated. In other words, this proposed booster delay is not some sort of punishment for the vaccinated; it’s an effort to create worldwide vaccine equality.
