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How 'vaccine nationalism' could block vulnerable populations' access to COVID-19 vaccines

  • Written by Ana Santos Rutschman, Assistant Professor of Law, Saint Louis University
imageIs the U.S. trying to jump the queue to get vaccines first?Sono Creative / Getty Images

Hundreds of COVID-19 vaccine candidates are currently being developed. The way emerging vaccines will be distributed to those who need them is not yet clear. The United States has nowtwice indicated that it would like to secure priority access to doses of...

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