Oct 12th, 2021, 3-4pm

Are we really all in this together?

Chatting on Global Vaccine Inequity

Moderated by Dr. Giovanni Picker

In April 2020, UN Secretary General António Guterres announced: "We are all in this together. The virus threatens everyone" Numerous reports and articles published later confuted Guterres' statement -- older, disabled, racialised, and working class people and groups, among others, are disproportionally affected by this virus and the measures to counter its spread. In this context, one would think that vaccine distribution had been planned with these inequalities in mind...has it? Poor countries are suffering from a disproportionate shortage of vaccines. Is this because life expectancy is lower in poorer countries? Where are the interests at play and how are we - in various countries - variously affected by these inequities?

All welcome!