Some piercing words from the UN chief, António Guterres, this week: “Vaccine inequity is giving variants a free pass to run wild — it’s ravaging the health of people and economies in every corner of the globe.” At the same time, some countries with low vaccination rates are struggling to distribute the vaccines they have and even turning away shipments. What gives? Host Carol Hills speaks with The World’s Elana Gordon about the complicated state of vaccinations around the world amid the race to get ahead of fast-spreading variants like omicron.
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