CHAPTER 26

• Jurisdiction: United States

CHAPTER 26 INTERNATIONAL ISSUES AND CONFLICTS WITH THE VACCINES

Vaccines are a truly global need, as is global preparedness for responding to epidemics. "In 36 hours, an infectious disease can travel from the most remote point on earth to its most dense population center. Once there, infection can take hold rapidly."¹

Vaccine manufacture is a global product need, with some of the best facilities for COVID vaccine manufacturing located in Europe and Asia. The need for an effective COVID vaccine is virtually universal, as the infected human lungs could fill with fatal volumes of fluid regardless of geography. Shortages of vaccine and ventilators could be a recipe for national disasters. China and India have both sold or gifted COVID-19 vaccine shots to many countries. India produces more than 60 percent of all vaccines sold in the world. The Serum Institute of India is making the Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine for many countries and began in 2021 manufacturing Novavax shots; Bharat Biotech exported its COVAXIN shot to dozens of...