Vaccine Nationalism Risks Prolonging Pandemic, According to Chief Scientist, WHO
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Dr. Soumya Swaminathan calls for a massive increase in the global vaccine supply in order to prevent the rise of more dangerous and vaccine-evading super-variants, in a wide-ranging interview with Ian Bremmer. Dr. Swaminathan, Chief Scientist at the World Health Organization, argues that vaccine nationalism will only prolong the pandemic because a virus does not stop at any national border. She also weighs in on a controversial new WHO report investigating the origins of COVID-19 and new vaccine types.
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