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Rich countries close their eyes to the global Covid surge at their own peril – The Guardian

The pandemic’s death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is not done yet, says science journalist Laura Spinney

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OpinionThe pandemics death toll is now being felt most gravely in developing nations. This virus is not done yet
Tue 27 Apr 2021 02.00 EDT
Is there one pandemic, or two? That was a question being asked a year ago, when wealthy countries accounting for only 15% of the global population had 80% of the Covid deaths. Could it be that the rich world was more vulnerable, somehow, because its populations were older, or more individualistic, or had forgotten to be scared of infectious disease?
Even then,…

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