Prognosis
Some Countries Don’t Want to Wait for Superpowers’ Vaccines
- Rich nations have already locked up billions of Covid-19 doses
- Argentina, Nigeria, Thailand are nurturing projects at home
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After Covid-19’s emergence in Buenos Aires led to a strict lockdown in March, Juliana Cassataro and her fellow vaccine researchers grew concerned. The U.S., Europe and China had already revved up their quests to obtain shots; how far back in line would Argentina have to wait for supplies?
“We did not want to stay in our homes,” said Cassataro, a scientist at the National University of San Martin in the nation’s capital. “We wanted to use our knowledge to help in this pandemic.”