Vaccine Racism Is Real

Rich, white greed (and incompetence) will prolong this pandemic for years

Israel is not a vaccination success. It’s a crime. Israel is rapidly vaccinating Israelis, but not Palestinians in occupied territory. What Israel really demonstrates is the vaccine racism that has swept the world. Humans are divided, and the virus conquers.

Rich, white countries have catastrophically failed at basic public health measures and now they’re messing up vaccines. Vaccines are supposed to be a global public good, distributed strategically across the world. Instead they’re being hoarded and held back for profit. Behind all the scientific news, global vaccine distribution is a crime against humanity.

The most criminal act is that these countries are blocking a global, patent-free vaccine at the WTO. During a pandemic, they’re protecting drug company profits, global health be damned. Remember their names. The US, UK, EU, Canada, Switzerland, Norway, Australia, Brazil, Japan.

These countries and more are also simply hoarding. Even people that signed up for COVAX, like Canada, have completely undermined it by buying 4–5x the doses even needed for their population. These countries cannot even distribute the vaccines, they’re literally just hoarding them in warehouses. In the US many vaccines are set…