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Most of the countries on this list have no domestic vaccine production facilities (whether for a rebranded foreign product or a homegrown vaccine). USA, UK, Russia and China have all produced a vaccine but have simultaneously managed to coordinate a satisfactory domestic rollout as well as make good on international deliveries (either for profit, cost-price or as gifted doses to allies).
The one other vaccine producer which is notable for its absence from this list is India. For reference, the same source website puts India at 0.1 per 100 people as of 22nd Jan.
As multiple pdf-ers have alluded to, profiteering during a pandemic may well be an important consideration for some nations. Ethical considerations of pandemic profiteering aside, is there any justification for beating one's chest over income projections for exported vaccines while one's own population is lagging behind severely in terms of vaccinations per capita?
In November, India had secured a vast stock of vaccines.
"India, for example, has secured more than 2 billion doses of vaccine, in part by leveraging access to the manufacturing capabilities of the Serum Institute of India in Pune, the world’s largest vaccine maker."
Did India put profiteering and exporting and "vaccine diplomacy" ahead of a coordinated drive to protect its own people?
How COVID vaccines are being divvied up around the world
Canada leads the pack in terms of doses secured per capita.
www.nature.com
A 2 billion dose headstart seems to have evaporated in favour of the usual BJP chestbeating about gifts to Bhutan and the Maldives.
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