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Wednesday, February 3, 2021

9:54AM

Vakcīnu nacionālisma (ne tik ļoti) tālejošās sekas.

"The coming year could be a story of two worlds undermining each other. Certain countries will approach herd immunity by vaccinating almost every citizen. Other countries could see mass casualties and catastrophic waves of reinfection—potentially with variants that evolved in response to the immunity conferred by the very vaccines to which these populations do not have access. In the process, these hot spots themselves will facilitate rapid evolution, giving rise to even more variants that could make the vaccinated populations susceptible to disease once again. In a recursive loop, the virus could come back to haunt the vaccinated, leading to new surges and lockdowns in coming years. The countries that hoard the vaccine without a plan to help others do so at their own peril."

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2021/02/coronavirus-pandemic-brazil-variant/617891/

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