A 24 year old doctor is on ventilator in my city. No underlying conditions. Fully Vaccinated. If we don& #39;t break the patents and vaccinate the whole world, newer, more dangerous variants will overwhelm the developed world too. It& #39;s an inevitability understood by most, yet...

The same goes for healthcare + economic infrastructures too. If we don& #39;t find ways of keeping Asia, Africa, and Latin America in controlled lockdowns (not possible right not because of the supply-chains and bought governments), then it becomes your problem again soon enough.

Angela Merkel quite literally threatened India recently, saying it had only & #39;allowed& #39; India to become a pharma leader so as to serve the west with cheap medicines.
(I am sure low waged labor and environmental risks played a role) https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-defends-curbs-on-vaccine-raw-material-exports-angela-merkel-targets-indian-pharma-101619206077962.html">https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-new... https://twitter.com/ranjodhd/status/1388499851986362372">https://twitter.com/ranjodhd/...

This, of course, does not absolve the local governments of their necropolitics. BJP is a standard fascist party hell bent on & #39;liberalizing& #39; India for further corporate control. (see Roy in Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/28/crime-against-humanity-arundhati-roy-india-covid-catastrophe">https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021... ) But nor can we absolve the global political economy...