Vaccine politics

The race to produce a vaccine has turned into a competition to exert influence on global economies.

Covid-19 has spread around the globe and cost millions of lives. Due to the novel nature of the virus, it took some time—almost a year or so—for scientists in advanced countries to produce a vaccine. The virus itself has turned into a political issue, even though contagion and terrorism are generally not perceived as having a national identity. The shambolic situation has made the global economy ponder if globalisation is the true realm of an advanced world, the restrictions on the supply chain and movement of people across national borders are more a political issue than a health consideration.