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* Danny Altmann, a professor of immunology at [[w:Imperial College London|Imperial College London]], said that as the first winter with the delta variant approaches, he was "not sure if people in [[w:Eastern Europe|Eastern Europe]] appreciate how punishing the pandemic continues to be in the time of delta." <br> "It’s unremitting," he said. With some Eastern European countries "at the extreme end of vaccine hesitancy," he added, "there’s no possibility of dealing with this pandemic under these conditions."

** Danny Altman as quoted by Chantal Da Silva in "[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/covid-surging-europe-experts-say-s-warning-us-rcna4666 Covid is surging in Europe. Experts say it’s a warning for the U.S.]", ''NBC'', (Novemeber 14, 2021)

* Despite the repeated [[warnings]] of health leaders, our [[failure]] to put vaccines into the arms of people in the developing world is now coming back to haunt us. We were forewarned – and yet here we are. <br> In the absence of mass vaccination, Covid is not only spreading uninhibited among unprotected people but is [[mutating]], with new variants emerging out of the poorest countries and now threatening to unleash themselves on even fully vaccinated people in the richest countries of the world.

** Gordon Brown, [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/26/new-covid-variant-rich-countries-hoarding-vaccines “A new Covid variant is no surprise when rich countries are hoarding vaccines”], ''The Guardian'', (26 Nov, 2021)

* Many of the world's richest countries have spent the past year hoarding coronavirus vaccines, buying up enough doses to vaccinate their populations several times over and consistently failing to deliver on their promises to share doses with the developing world. The World Health Organization said the approach was "self-defeating" and "[[immoral]]."

** Ivana Kottasová, [https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/28/world/omicron-coronavirus-variant-vaccine-inequity-intl-cmd/index.html “Vaccine inequity and hesitancy made the Omicron variant more likely, scientists say”], ''CNN'', (Updated 5:43 PM ET, Sun November 28, 2021)

* Dr. Richard Lessells, an infectious diseases specialist at the [[w:University of KwaZulu-Natal|University of KwaZulu-Natal]] in [[w:Durban, South Africa|Durban, South Africa]], said the reaction of the rich world to the news that [[South African]] scientists discovered a new variant was an example of its own selfishness. <br> "What I found [[disgusting]] and really distressing ... was not just the travel ban being implemented by the UK and Europe but that that was the only reaction, or the strongest reaction. <br> "There was no word of support that they're going to offer to African countries to help us control the pandemic and particularly no mention of addressing this vaccine inequity that we have been warning about all year and [of which] we are now seeing the [[consequences]] play out," he told CNN.

** Richard Lessells as quoted by Ivana Kottasová, [https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/28/world/omicron-coronavirus-variant-vaccine-inequity-intl-cmd/index.html “Vaccine inequity and hesitancy made the Omicron variant more likely, scientists say”], ''CNN'', (Updated 5:43 PM ET, Sun November 28, 2021)

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