This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
Big But Slow?
China, India and Russia have all produced vaccines, to counter the Covid-19 pandemic. All three are, however, finding it difficult to get their own populations vaccinated (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/17/why-covid-vaccine-home-produced-india-russia-china-slow-start). The three countries all have vast, widely-dispersed populations, making reaching people difficult. The reasons, for their comparatively slow rates of vaccinations, seem, however, subtly different. In China, people appear convinced the enforced lockdowns have resulted in a situation, where Sars-CoV-2 is no longer a serious threat. China's government also seems more focused on donating their vaccine to countries where they want influence. In India, a relatively young population, don't regard Covid-19 as being the major health threat (compared with e.g. TB). In Russia, a large proportion of their population falsely believe that Covid-19 was a result of biochemical warfare. They neither trust their government nor the Sputnik-V vaccine. In all 3 countries, some unhelpful resistance/disinterest to vaccination is being shown by medics and paramedics. Eradication of the Sars-CoV-2 virus is extremely unlikely, if we have large reservoirs of unvaccinated people in China, India and Russia.
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