It's important to remember, that while in the U.S. we're now having conversations about when/if you can go unmasked (I'm still not, because random people don't know I'm actually vaxed), most of the world is not.

And that didn't happen accidentally, or in a vacuum.
Yes, we have the tech and the resources. But how did it get that way?

It is totally ok (and understandable) to rejoice that you got your jab. But also be aware that the Global South is fighting from the disadvantage of hundreds of years of colonialism and imperialism.
Colonies, robbed resources, stolen people, banana republics, extortionist negotiation tactics... originating from the Global North.

Many of these places have done exceptionally well without vaccines. Better than the U.S. But without vaccines rich colonial powers are hoarding...
You can flatten the curve with masks. You can slow spread. But you can't vaccinate and get herd immunity without vaccines. Vaccines we're buying up. Vaccines we're not using to help others. Vaccines and tech we've patented, and aren't letting anyone else produce.
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