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shogun36
As long as they don’t ask for Japan for help, they’ll be ok. Japan can’t even help itself.
Boku Dayo
China? Russia? Sure, they'll help, but not in ways those countries expect.
theFu
All the vaccines appear to drastically reduce the need for hospitalization, so something is better than nothing.
However, the Russian and Chinese vaccines are proving to be less effective at preventing the disease than the others on the market and the SinoVac protection drastically drops after 6 months. https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/05/efficacy-of-chinese-vaccines-is-not-high-officials-back-3rd-dose/
Sure, these might cost only $3/ea, but if they aren't good for multiple years, then re-re-re-vaccination looks to be required.
The mRNA vaccines (Pfizer and Moderna), appear to provide lifetime protection in the recent studies for people who got the virus, then also were vaccinated. At the next exposure, antibodies against COVID spike just like they do for other viral infections which are known to be 1-time diseases.
I'd like for the US to help Nepal, but there are lots of western hemisphere nations which also need help from the US. Peru, Bolivia, Honduras, Paraguay come to mind. I feel bad for Chile and Brazil and Argentina, since they accepted the Chinese vaccines in desperation. Hopefully, they will be protected from the most severe cases.
EvilBuddha
Modi's 'vaccine diplomacy' failed.
Claimed credit for exporting 66 million doses, even though only about 10 million were donations. 20 million were meant for COVAX and the rest were commercial exports.
theFu
Here's a reference: https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/good-news-mild-covid-19-induces-lasting-antibody-protection/ The looked at bone marrow, where white blood cells are made.