Scientists’ pandemic response could be even faster next time
New research suggests mass vaccination can be scaled up more quickly
AS THE DELTA variant of covid-19 continues to spread across large parts of the world, the shame is that vaccines are still in such short supply. Worse, they are being hogged by rich countries even though the need elsewhere is so great. For that, blame politics. The triumph, however, is that vaccines exist at all. And for that, praise science.
This article appeared in the Leaders section of the print edition under the headline “Vaxelerando”
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