White House sends vaccines to Laos, Fiji and Costa Rica

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The Biden administration will ship over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines Monday to Laos, Fiji and Costa Rica, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: This allotment is part of the pledge by President Biden to deliver 80 million doses of the vaccine globally as the U.S. seeks to be a leader in distribution on the world stage.

State of play: 150,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine will be sent to Fiji, and 1.08 million doses of J&J will be shipped to Laos through COVAX, the WHO-backed vaccine distribution initiative.

500,000 doses of Pfizer will be shipped through a bilateral agreement to Costa Rica.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/white-house-sends-vaccines-laos-151302625.html

[thucythucy]

1. After what our government did to the people of Laos

in the 1960s and 70s, it's the least we can do.

People there, including children, are still exposed to land mines and unexploded ordnance.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. There Won't Be Enough Countries For Us To Give To

We're going to have so much leftover, since about 40% are not going to get vaccinated here.