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The world must act now to ensure vaccines reach the areas most in need, the WHO's Dr Hans Kluge says.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Btqyq

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2Fcvg34y37jqgo

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Covid was stoppable too...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Still could be if our leaders wanted to put in the effort..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Now, I'm not sure. There are too many strains and it has penetrated too much of the population.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago

primarily because it is transferred through physical touch rather than being airborne, beteedubs.