The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the world. It has also revealed many new questions. The fact that a vaccine can be developed, produced and distributed already during a global health crisis is a completely new phenomenon. But what principles should be used to distribute that vaccine? Insufficient production and inadequate distribution capacities around the world have pushed this question to the fore. A research team from the University of Göttingen conducted a representative survey in Germany and America in June 2021 to uncover how the public feels about this. The results were published in the journal Vaccine.
Equal is better? How people think COVID-19 vaccines should be shared worldwide
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the world. It has also revealed many new questions. The fact that a vaccine can be developed, produced and distributed already during a global health crisis is a completely new phenomenon. But what principles should be used to distribute that vaccine? Insufficient production and inadequate distribution capacities around the world have pushed this question to the fore. A research team from the University of Göttingen conducted a representative survey in Germany and America in June 2021 to uncover how the public feels about this. The results were published in the journal Vaccine.