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Podcast: This Matters
Episode: Vaccine Inequity Part II: South Africa fights back
Description: Guest: Alex Boyd, reporter for the Toronto Star Canada currently has enough COVID-19 vaccines to double vaccinate the country six times over. That is a bigger stockpile per person than any other country in the world. Granted, not all of those vaccines have been authorized yet, but it’s a strategy that has helped ensure a steady supply and helped Canadians get vaccines sooner than others. But a stockpile comes at the expense of other countries who have been left waiting, such as Africa where the vaccination rate is just over 10 per cent. Noting the inequity, scientists in...