Wealthy Countries Clamor for Booster Shots

Wealthy Countries, Clamor for , Booster Shots.

Wealthy Countries, Clamor for , Booster Shots.

CNN reports wealthy countries across the globe are rapidly expanding COVID-19 booster shot programs. CNN reports wealthy countries across the globe are rapidly expanding COVID-19 booster shot programs. Concerns of diminished vaccine efficacy and the inevitable rise of cases this winter are fueling these expansions.

Concerns of diminished vaccine efficacy and the inevitable rise of cases this winter are fueling these expansions.

Pfizer-BioNTech has sought emergency use authorization from the FDA to allow all Americans age 18 and older to receive a booster shot.

Booster shots are currently available to the elderly and immunocompromised as well as the essential workforce.

Booster shots are currently available to the elderly and immunocompromised as well as the essential workforce.

Pfizer-BioNTech says their booster shot offers 95% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19.

While wealthy communities bolster their immunity, the world's poorest countries remain largely unvaccinated.

Data shows that of all the citizens of Africa, merely 6.29% are fully vaccinated.

But in the U.K. and U.S. for example, 67% and 58.5% have been fully vaccinated, respectively.

But in the U.K. and U.S. for example, 67% and 58.5% have been fully vaccinated, respectively.

The World Health Organization says that inequalities such as these will "easily drag on deep into 2022."