Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor.
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Dr Eugene Richardson is a physician anthropologist and Assistant Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard. His most recent book is “E... pidemic Illusions: On the Coloniality of Global Public Health.”
Only a truly global vaccination strategy can ensure equal value is placed on the lives of the rich and the poor.