Covid Vaccines and Global Coorporation

When we go to our doctor or local pharmacy to get a vaccination we don't think anything of it. We sit down, roll up our sleeve, and within minutes we have an effective vaccine that will help protect us from dangerous microscopic killers. We never stop to think about where the vaccine comes from and how it go to us. 

Producing and delivering a Covid vaccine is a global effort for numerous reasons. First of all, there is a race to produce it. So many people are dying everyday, and the longer without a vaccine, the more people die. A lot of scientists in many countries are trying to produce a vaccine that can be administered. They need to work together to share chemicals as well as medical supplies and equipment. 

Delivering the vaccine might be even harder than producing it. This involves shipping the vaccine from wherever it is being mass produced all around the world on boat, planes and trucks. The vaccine will probably have to be kept at a specific temperature which could be hard to do. Because of globalization, everyone needs to be vaccinated otherwise the threat of the virus re-emerging will be strong. To do this, healthcare workers and doctors certified to administer vaccines will have to be brought to countries who lack this dire part. Also because of globalization, the vaccines will come at a price. Certain countries will just not have the means necessary to purchase enough doses and will have to rely on the generosity of others. 

All of the above factors require global integration and cooperation. Country leaders need to find a way to put feuds aside in order to work together. This is the only way a Covid vaccine would be distributed and for the world to turn back to “normal”. With a country’s refusal, I’d imagine there would be travel bans remaining in those places as well as arising issues with global economics.