Rappler and vaccines: US politicized, hoarded, donated

The United States, suddenly, is releasing vaccines to the rest of the world after blocking supply deliveries to anyone other than itself, including to allies Canada, Mexico and India. When India, suffering from over 450,000 infections and over 4,000 deaths a day, saw some of its cities and hospitals turning into funeral pyres, asked for US help even with just raw materials for vaccines, the US turned it down while it hoarded more than what it actually needed.

Beyond not helping, the US has even been demonizing China for its "self-serving vaccine diplomacy" in helping over 70 other countries despite its having vaccinated fewer than 10 percent of its own population at the time.