Covid vaccines and Global Cooperation

Everything in this world requires global cooperation and globalization patterns to be available everywhere. From shoes and clothes to electronics like computers, phones, and electro domestics. 

When it comes to a global pandemic, everyone is involved in a way, and everyone's life is impacted somehow. And when the emergence of a vaccine that will make life a little bit more normal is in play, pharmaceutical industries and governments worldwide need to unite in order to get the so-long-awaited vaccine to as many people as possible. 

Here, I am going to give some examples of global cooperation that is needed in order to achieve this goal. 

First, the vaccine itself. During the last few months, the world has witnessed the biggest race for a vaccine in history. Hundreds of laboratories in multiple countries working -some working together- to accelerate this scientific process. But laboratories alone never could've done this; millions of volunteers cooperating to prove the vaccine's efficiency and billionaires all over the world funding these trials and investigations. For me, this is the first and biggest proof of global cooperation: when civilians decide to get involved in research. 

Second, after the long-awaited cure is found, mass production must start. From syringe manufacturing to other medical tools' production, all of these can be considered almost as important as the vaccine itself, as stated by the New York Times article "Find a Vaccine. Next: Produce 300 Million Vials of It." The extraordinary demand on manufacturing that will come after the vaccine is found will be huge, and global cooperation will be needed because of all the syringes and raw materials that will need to be produced on a global scale. Once again, the solution for a very feared shortage problem goes beyond labs, involving many more industries all around the globe. 

Finally, distribution. At this point, global trade will skyrocket regardless of how many countries decide to accept the vaccine found by one of the pharmaceutical giants. The whole transportation industry will be involved not only to get the vaccine everywhere, but also to transport it with the required safety measures (for instance, the need for shipping it at -80 degrees Celsius ) Extremely rigorous planning will be required for successful massive shipping, involving each and every one of the countries that will receive the vaccine from abroad. 

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