ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Rich countries are buying up coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer regions vulnerable — and as potential breeding grounds for variants, like the one found in South Africa, that could make vaccines less effective.⁣ ⁣ While more than 90 million people worldwide have been vaccinated, only 25 in all of sub-Saharan Africa, a region of about one billion people, have been given doses outside of drug trials, according to the World Health Organization. In South Africa, the country hit hardest so far by the variant, inoculations have not yet started.⁣ ⁣ “The wait for this vaccine has been long, long now,” said Jan Matsena, who works at a Cape Town supermarket and has been apart from his family for fear of exposing them. “People are passing away, people are losing jobs. It’s trauma.”⁣ ⁣ And while some wealthy countries have secured enough vaccine to cover their populations multiple times, South Africa has secured just 22.5 million doses for its 60 million people, and many nations lag even further behind.⁣ ⁣ Recent studies suggest that at least 4 vaccines that are effective at preventing infection with the original virus did not perform as well against the variant found in South Africa. That variant is also more infectious — as is another one, discovered in Britain — and it is now estimated to make up 90% of all cases in South Africa, according to data compiled by researchers. And as new variants migrate to more countries — including the U.S. — it is becoming ever clearer that the tragedy for poorer countries could become a tragedy for every country. ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ “This idea that no one is safe until everyone is safe is not just an adage, it is really true,” said Andrea Taylor, the assistant director at Duke Global Health Innovation Center.⁣ ⁣ Even in the most optimistic scenarios, Taylor said, at the current pace of production, there will not be enough vaccines for true global coverage until 2023. The rollout plans across Africa are expected to vaccinate only 20% to 35% of the population this year if everything goes right.⁣ ⁣ Tap the link in our bio to read more about the spread of coronavirus variants. Photo by @joaosilva_nyt⁣ from Johannesburg in early January.⁣」2月1日 23時01分