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How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer
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How rich countries are making the pandemic last longer

A program called Covax wants to distribute Covid-19 vaccines fairly. Is it working?Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, many of the world’s richest countries poured money into the race for a vaccine. Billions of dollars, from programs like the US’s Operation Warp Speed, funded development that brought us multiple Covid-19 vaccines in record time. But it also determined where those vaccines would go. Before vaccine doses had even hit the market, places like the US and the UK had bought up nearly the entire supply.This turns out to be an old story. In nearly every modern global health crisis, from smallpox to malaria to H1N1, rich countries have bought up vital medical supplies, making poor countries wait sometimes decades for life-saving support. It’s effectively a system in which where you live determines whether you live or die of a preventable disease. Leaving a disease like Covid-19 to spread unchecked in some places also gives it a chance to mutate -- and variants of the virus are already raising alarms. So: how do we get vaccines to countries that can’t afford them?One solution underway is called Covax. It’s a program co-led by the World Health Organization; Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance; and the Coalition of Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). Its goal is to get vaccines to lower- and middle-income countries at the same time as rich countries. So how is it supposed to do that? And will it be enough?More from Vox.com’s Julia Belluz + Jen Kirby on Covax and vaccine nationalism:https://www.vox.com/21448719/covid-19-vaccine-covax-who-gavi-cepihttps://www.vox.com/2021/2/24/22298981/ghana-vaccines-global-covax-initiativehttps://www.vox.com/2021/1/29/22253908/rich-countries-hoarding-covid-19-vaccinesDuke Global Health Innovation Center data: https://launchandscalefaster.org/covid-19/vaccineprocurementMore on vaccine nationalism:https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/campaigners-warn-9-out-10-people-poor-countries-are-set-miss-out-covid-19-vaccinehttps://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/02/04/963741244/in-vaccine-race-middle-income-nations-are-at-a-disadvantage-just-ask-peruMore on the H1N1 pandemic:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2864298/https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/2009-pandemic-timeline.htmlVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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CNN explains why Biden's flight to DC is so unusual
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CNN explains why Biden's flight to DC is so unusual

President-elect Joe Biden arrives at Joint Base Andrews in a private plane ahead of Inauguration Day. CNN's Jake Tapper and Abby Phillip explain what makes this so unusual.#CNN #News

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Woman Arrested in San Francisco Uber Attack: Police
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Woman Arrested in San Francisco Uber Attack: Police

A suspect has been arrested in connection with the assault and robbery of an Uber driver in San Francisco who refused three women a ride after seeing one of them not wearing a mask, police announced Thursday.Stay connected:Follow us on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nbcbayareaLike us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/nbcbayareaFollow us on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nbcbayareaAdd us on Snapchat @NBCBayAreaCatch up on all the day's news: http://www.nbcbayarea.comDownload our app:On iOS: http://nbcbay.com/R1BhqYMOn Android: http://nbcbay.com/rUcA97h

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Why Jakarta is sinking
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Why Jakarta is sinking

The 400-year curse dragging Indonesia's capital into the sea.Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOLike many coastal cities around the world, Jakarta is dealing with sea level rise. But Indonesia's biggest city also has a unique problem: Because of restricted water access in the city, the majority of its residents have to extract groundwater to survive. And it's causing the city to sink. Today, Jakarta is the world’s fastest-sinking city.The problem gets worse every year, but the root of it precedes modern Indonesia by centuries. In the 1600s, when the Dutch landed in Indonesia and built present-day Jakarta, they divided up the city to segregate the population. Eventually, that segregation led to an unequal water piping system that excluded most Indigenous Jakartans, forcing them to find other ways to get water.To understand how it all ties together, and what’s in store for Jakarta’s future, watch the video above. Sources and further reading:If you want to learn more about the development of Jakarta’s urban water supply going all the way back to colonial times, check out Michelle Kooy’s detailed reports:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1468-2427.2008.00791.xhttps://www.academia.edu/3682152/Splintered_networks_The_colonial_and_contemporary_waters_of_JakartaTo understand Jakarta’s colonial history and the segregation that came of it, check out this article from the Journal of Historians of Netherlandish Art: https://jhna.org/articles/dutch-batavia-exposing-hierarchy-dutch-colonial-city/To read about the evolution of the canals the Dutch built in present-day Jakarta and how their deterioration impacted water access and segregation, here’s a study from Dr. Euis Puspita Dewi, who we feature in the video:https://scholar.ui.ac.id/en/publications/urban-canals-in-colonial-batavia-rethinking-clean-and-dirt-spaceTo get a broader look at the many other cities sinking in Indonesia, check out this article by Dr. Estelle Chaussard: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425712003975Thanks for watching and let us know what you think in the comments!Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com​.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE​Follow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06o​Or Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5HVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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Israel air defence system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza | AFP
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Israel air defence system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza | AFP

Israel's air defence system Iron Dome intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza strip at night. More than 100 rockets were fired tonight from Gaza towards Israel by multiple Palestinian armed groups, Hamas Islamists who control the blockaded enclave said.Subscribe to AFP and activate your notifications to get the latest news 🔔http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC86dbj-lbDks_hZ5gRKL49Q/?sub_confirmation=1

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Prince Charles: 'My Dear Papa Was a Very Special Person'
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Prince Charles: 'My Dear Papa Was a Very Special Person'

Prince Charles made a short statement outside Highgrove House this afternoon to mark the passing of his father, the Duke of Edinburgh.The Prince of Wales commented on his father's seven decades of service to Queen and country. He added that: My family and I will miss him enormously... My dear Papa was a very special person.#PrinceCharles #PrincePhilip #RoyalFamily

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Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is missing
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Why 99% of ocean plastic pollution is missing

The plastic we dump into the ocean might be hiding in plain sight. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.For the past several years scientists have been trying to account for the 8 million metric tonnes of plastic that we dump into the ocean each year. The assumption was that a large portion of it was floating out in one of the large garbage patches, where swirling debris accumulates thanks to ocean gyres. But recent measurements of the amount of trash in the patches fell far short of what’s thought to be out there. Scientists are getting closer to an answer, which could help clean-up efforts and prevent further damage to marine life and ocean ecosystems. For more reading, check out this New Yorker article on the missing plastic problem, which inspired this video: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/where-does-all-the-plastic-goLaurent Lebreton’s research that estimates the amount of debris in the garbage patches is here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-22939-wFor more about Ocean Conservancy’s work, and their annual international beach cleanup events: https://oceanconservancy.org/For more reading about Erik Van Sebille’s work: http://erik.vansebille.com/For more reading about Melanie Bergmann’s work: https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/12/22226655/microplastics-laundry-wastewater-plastic-pollution-arctic-oceanWatch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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How Taiwan held off Covid-19, until it didn't
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How Taiwan held off Covid-19, until it didn't

Another pandemic will come. Here’s what we can learn from Taiwan’s efforts to fight this one. Subscribe and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don't miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjOIn December 2019, Taiwan‘s government learned that at least seven atypical pneumonia cases had been reported in Wuhan, China. Because of Taiwan’s proximity to China and the number of flights back and forth, it was expected to have the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases worldwide. Instead, Taiwan has had one of the lowest Covid-19 death rates in the world. Thanks in part to a sophisticated digitized health care system and a mandatory two-week quarantine for all travelers, life in Taiwan went on with relative normalcy. But then, in May 2021, a new wave of cases complicated the country’s success. So how did Taiwan, the ninth-most densely populated nation in the world, avoid a more severe spread of a highly contagious virus for so long? And what lessons can be learned from their response to the outbreak?This video was made possible by a grant from the nonprofit Commonwealth Fund as part of our Pandemic Playbook series: https://www.vox.com/22403980/the-pandemic-playbook Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjOVox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what's really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyEFollow Vox on Facebook: http://goo.gl/U2g06oOr Twitter: http://goo.gl/XFrZ5H

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