What the U.S. can — and cannot — do for vaccine equity per the State Department

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Containers of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses, donated by the United States, arrive in Bogota, Colombia, in July. The U.S. plans to send more than a billion vaccines abroad by September 2022.





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Gayle Smith, coordinator for global COVID response and health security at the U.S. State Department, speaks at an event in Washington, D.C., in April. She says it is «absolutely urgent» to send surplus vaccines in the U.S. to countries in need.





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