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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Jonathan Tepperman, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Owen Matthews, Jonathan Tepperman, Jacob Funk Kirkegaard, Owen Matthews

Vaccine Nationalism Harms Everyone and Protects No One

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a press conference after a meeting about the COVID-19 outbreak at the World Health Organization headquarters in Geneva on June 25, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images

We are in a race against time. The development of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines in record time is a remarkable testament to modern scientific capabilities. Whether it will bring an end to this terrible pandemic is a test of the world’s political will and moral commitment.

Despite the growing number of vaccine options, current manufacturing capacity meets only a fraction of global need. Vaccines are the best chance of bringing this pandemic under control—unless leaders succumb to vaccine nationalism.

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