We have no vaccine miracle.”———The World Health Organization has duly updated its epidemic playbook after every outbreak, most recently with Ebola in mind. COVAX had the backing of the World Health Organization, CEPI, vaccines alliance Gavi and the powerful Gates Foundation. A separate plan put forward by the government of Costa Rica and the World Health Organization to create a technology-sharing platform to expand vaccine production foundered. It needs them for other aspects global health — and for its own continued existence. “Zero doses of AstraZeneca vaccine, zero doses of Pfizer vaccine, zero doses of J&J vaccine,” said Dr. Bruce Aylward, a senior advisor at the organization.

Source: ABC News July 18, 2021 06:33 UTC