Remember this one, Deal of a Lifetime? The IMF reckoned by spending $50 billion we could innoculate 70% of the world population, save the world from Covid, and make a 17,900% return on our investment.
It needs 11 billion doses. The G7 crew are in the UK today. They’ve pledged 1 billion. Honest Boris is making a song and dance about giving 100 million.
The Economist has an editorial on it:
“If a group formed to wrestle with big international threats cannot resolve to make such a no-brainer of an investment on humanity’s behalf, what can it do?”