The main takeaway from this information is thst the vaccine is only one tool in the box when it comes to fighting the pandemic, it's not enough on its own to stop the spread of the virus. Governments need to bring the numbers down by mask mandates and social distancing measures in addition to vaccinating large parts of their population. And since this is a global pandemic, fighting it needs global cooperation, so the hold your own nuts approach by rich western governments where they are buying up all the available doses and then squander them on a few weeks of no masks and open Restaurants isn't going to work unless they are ready to close down their borders indefinately and provide their population with booster shots every six month![]()
It’s the reason why the WHO told the US to not greedy and hold off the booster shot to allocate vaccine resources to everyone else. Them making sure we all get vaccinated means nothing if other countries citizens aren’t coming in vaccinated as well.

