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The inequity in vaccine distribution
These are Business Insider's biggest healthcare stories for February 10.
Lydia Ramsey Pflanzer
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The world's 10 richest men have made so much money during the pandemic that a one-time 99% tax on their gains could pay for all COVID-19 vaccine production and more: Oxfam
Oxfam calculated that the wealth of the world's 10 richest men grew by $15,000 a second — $1.3 bill…
Huileng Tan
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Inside the epicenter of America's Great Resignation: Kentuckians lay out the 4 forces driving the state's labor shortage — and explain why it's here to stay
How to solve the labor shortage? For business, it's hiring three workers instead of six. For worker…
Juliana Kaplan,Hillary Hoffow…
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Billionaires' wealth gains during the pandemic could easily pay for the whole world to get vaccinated
Even with a one-time 99% tax, billionaires would still be $55 billion richer, according to a new re…
Juliana Kaplan
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Richer countries have most available vaccine doses as the global recovery becomes K-shaped
Vaccines have been unevenly distributed, according to Bloomberg. The wealthiest countries are vacci…
Hillary Hoffower
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WHO Chief: It's 'seriously disappointing' that rich countries are ordering booster shots while other nations need vaccines
Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said high-income nations should stop buying booster sho…
Matthew Loh
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While poor countries struggle to find vaccines, places that bought too many are scrambling to get rid of doses about to expire
Israel, Bulgaria, Romania, and some states in the US have more doses than they can use - a problem …
Marianne Guenot
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America's wealthy are getting vaccinated faster than the poor, and a poorly designed system is partly to blame
The wealthy may be gaming the system, but vaccine and wealth inequality are alike, with lack of coo…
Hillary Hoffower
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Doctors are criticizing SNL for unfairly stereotyping Black people and vaccine hesitancy
"How did this skit even make it on air?" Dr. Uché Blackstock, the founder of Advancing Health Equit…
Allana Akhtar
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White Republicans are more likely to reject the COVID-19 vaccine than any other group in America
According to a recent poll, 56% of white Republicans said they were either unsure or would not take…
Andrea Michelson
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The US shouldn't prioritize vaccinating teens over donating shots abroad if it wants to get back to normal, experts say
As well as vaccinating kids, the US must donate COVID-19 shots to countries that are yet to vaccina…
Dr. Catherine Schuster-Bruce
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Lower-income Americans were twice as likely to lose pay because of COVID than more affluent people, and it shows how the pandemic revealed long-running inequities
New research shows yet again that Americans earning less, and Americans of color, were hit a lot ha…
Juliana Kaplan,Jason Lalljee
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Billionaires made $3.9 trillion during the pandemic - enough to pay for everyone's vaccine
The increase in wealth of the 10 richest billionaires could pay for everyone worldwide to get the C…
Juliana Kaplan
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Black and brown Americans are receiving fewer coronavirus shots, despite dying at higher rates - but there are ways to fix the inequity
Black and Hispanic people consistently receive a smaller share of shots, when compared to their sha…
Hilary Brueck,Shelby Livingst…
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Food and energy tycoons made $1 billion every 2 days amid soaring inflation while millions 'are skipping meals, turning off the heating': Oxfam
Oxfam is calling for permanent wealth taxes and windfall taxes on the super-rich and large corporat…
Huileng Tan
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Cuomo asks Pfizer to sell its COVID-19 vaccine directly to New York as the head of WHO warns of mounting inequities in vaccine distribution
The New York governor said that bypassing the government's Operation Warp Speed would help his stat…
Reed Alexander
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The number of billionaires grew by 13.4% in 2020 - making the pandemic a 'windfall to billionaire wealth'
The world now has over 3,000 billionaires, and their collective wealth went up in 2020. Some argue …
Juliana Kaplan
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The author of a book on the ultrawealthy says billionaires 'have taken their winnings and used them to stack the deck against everybody else' — but the solution isn't complicated
American history shows three ways wealth inequality has been reigned in before, says NYT global eco…
Juliana Kaplan
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Greta Thunberg says she is skipping the UN's climate change conference, citing vaccine inequality between rich and poor nations
The 18-year-old Swedish climate activist said she is skipping the COP26, the UN's climate change co…
Sinéad Baker
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The White House wants the G7 to build a 'more fair and inclusive' global economy - but unfairness and exclusion won't be easy to solve
The annual G7 summit is focusing on economic measures that could address inequities worldwide. They…