To be sure, this is an excellent start, but the mountain yet to climb remains… daunting. In what’s left of this year — we will need about a million vaccines — and well over 3 million, in just the next two years.
For over two years, the vaccine was available — and could have been paid for, and shipped — but both profit-seeking, FDA regulations, and slow moving WHO bureaucracy… have put us where we now are: behind the 8-ball. We need to get moving like yesterday. Here’s the good news of the morning, though:
…Germany has around 117,000 doses of Jynneos, which is being stockpiled by the German army after Berlin procured it in 2022.
It will keep a minimum amount of stock, to protect travelling authorities, for example, said a defence ministry spokesperson on Monday. A separate decision would need to be made when it comes to reordering vaccines, he added.
The World Health Organization has declared mpox a global public health emergency after an outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo spread to neighbouring countries and a new form of the virus, clade Ib, triggered concerns about the speed of transmission….
Time for the multinational manufacturers to step up, and do this at cost — and, where is the US government’s similar and immediate donation? Onward.
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