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The $4 trillion economic cost of not vaccinating the entire world

  • Written by Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
imageThe success of Brazil's vaccine program will have a ripple effect on countries to which it exports commodities such as steel.Michael Dantas/AFP via Getty ImagesimageCC BY-ND

Rolling out a vaccine to stop the spread of a global pandemic doesn’t come cheap. Billions of dollars have been spent developing drugs and putting in place a program to get...

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