Safiyyah's blog

  As of right now , the coronavirus has taken more than 1.5 million lives. It has  hammered the world economy and upended our daily lives. The recently developed vaccinations are a marvellous way to end what some may call the worst year of their lives. This vaccinatio n has given us hope and light among the darkness that has been 2020. As the year comes to an end, things are finally starting to look up. However,  this may not be the case for everyone.   In a press release today, Amnesty International urged wealthy countries to stop hoarding the vaccines as this could severely affect low-income countries. They state that " Pfizer-BioNTech has already agreed deals for more than one billion potential doses of its vaccine". In an extensive study , they calculated that  “Nearly 70 poor countries will only be able to vaccinate one in ten people against COVID-19 next year unless urgent action is taken”.  But is it the responsibility of wealthy countries to worry about other nations