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Collected Item: “Vaccines and the Prisoners Dilemma”

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Les Vaccins et Le Dilemme du Prisonnier

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Text story

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Cet article explique comment les pays riches font un accès inégal aux vaccins Covid-19. Par exemple, un rapport d’Oxfam avertissait que « des nations riches représentant seulement 13 % de la population mondiale ont déjà acquis 51 % des doses prévues des candidats-vaccins contre la COVID-19 les plus prometteurs ».
Translation of Title: Vaccines and the Prisoners Dilemma
Translation of Description: This article explains how rich countries are creating inequality access to Covid-19 vaccines. For example, a report by Oxfam warns that "the rich nations represent only 13% of the global population have already acquired 51% of planned doses of the most promising candidate vaccines."
Translation of graphic: 500 doses* United Kingdom, 11 doses* Bangladesh, 940 doses * Canada *per 100 inhabitants

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Canada, Quebec, French, vaccine, geopolitics, health, government, inequality

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https://www.rad.ca/dossier/actualite/385/la-course-au-vaccin-et-le-dilemme-du-prisonnier

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Julien Lamoureux

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2020-10-24
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