{"id":153422,"date":"2021-02-18T14:09:27","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:09:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/?post_type=one_press&p=153422"},"modified":"2021-02-18T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T19:09:27","slug":"g7preview","status":"publish","type":"one_press","link":"https:\/\/www.one.org\/us\/press\/g7preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahead of G7 meeting, ONE calls on Biden to devise global plan to share 450 million excess COVID-19 vaccine doses"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON \u2014 As President Biden prepares to meet with G7 leaders on Friday, The ONE Campaign, the global health and anti-poverty organization cofounded by Bono, is calling on the Biden administration to develop a plan to share excess COVID-19 vaccine doses. Even if the US vaccinates 100 percent of its population,\u00a0new\u00a0<\/strong>analysis<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from ONE shows the US has purchased at least 453 million excess COVID-19 vaccine doses that could be used to vaccinate people in the world\u2019s poorest countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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According to reports, the Biden administration\u00a0<\/span><\/b>plans<\/b><\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/span>to develop a framework to donate excess vaccine doses, but to date, no formal plan has been released. Experts warn that wealthy countries hoarding scarce vaccine doses could extend the lifespan of this pandemic.<\/b> The below table shows a global breakdown of the 1.25 billion expected excess doses from five countries (and the EU) who have purchased the most vaccines to date.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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View full analysis and report\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tom Hart, North America executive director at The ONE Campaign:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s no longer a question of if the United States will get enough shots for everyone who wants one, but what we plan to do with the excess doses we have purchased. As G7 leaders prepare to meet for the first time since this pandemic started, the Biden administration should show strong global leadership and establish a framework and timeline for a global plan to distribute excess vaccine doses to countries who need it while simultaneously vaccinating the US\u2019 domestic population.<\/p>\n

As we\u2019ve seen with the virus variants, the longer this pandemic goes on, the more vulnerable we are. It\u2019s in everyone\u2019s interest to get vaccines distributed equitably as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

BACKGROUND<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

ONE\u2019s analysis looked at G20 countries and the EU and uses the following parameters to define what constitutes \u201cexcess doses\u201d that should be shared with other countries:<\/p>\n