Vaccine Nationalism Versus Vaccine Sharing: A Closer Look at the US and India
Abstract
As vaccine development has been implemented in full-force, one of the greatest challenges is just and equitable vaccine allocation. This debate paper highlights the arguments for and against both sharing a country’s COVID-19 vaccine supply with other countries or employing vaccine nationalism to reach herd immunity. To conclude the paper offers implementation strategies for government officials to consider when determining allocation frameworks. This paper will specifically dissect the case of whether the US should share its vaccine supply with India, a country that is doing much worse than the US. This paper relies on current statistics, ethical framework papers, and other argumentative papers about vaccine sharing and nationalism.
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