Rockefeller Foundation1 Dec 2021 11:49
Speaking to CNBC at the Conference de Paris on Tuesday, Shah said the pandemic has highlighted the “tremendous ingenuity and innovation” in the private sector that can be used in public policy. Operation Warp Speed in the U.S. is a “huge success story,” he added.
However, he suggested that the developed world had failed in its two objectives to ensure that such success could be emulated globally.
“One was to achieve 40% immunization coverage by the end of this year, and the other was to achieve 70% and therefore herd immunity by September of next year. Neither of those is going to be achieved through current efforts,” Shah said.
“And that’s exactly why we have this dangerous new variant, disrupting global markets and global economies and lives around the world.”
He added that the Rockefeller Foundation’s experts have estimated that new variants are six to eight times more likely to come from less developed countries, because slow immunization means viral replication continues to occur at a high rate.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/12/01/vaccine-inequality-to-blame-for-omicron-says-rockefeller-foundation.html