‘We want to buy vaccines,’ says African Union Covid-19 special envoy
19 September 2021 |
12:26 pm
The African Union Special Envoy for Covid-19 response Strive Masiyiwa says African countries want to buy Covid-19 vaccines rather than keep waiting for jabs and implores producers to give the continent a fair shot at access.
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#NO NO NO NO!!!!.
THE BLACK AFRICAN COUNTRIES want to produce their own vaccines because they have the BEST Doctors, Nurses, Pharmacists, Virologists, Epidemiologists, Biologists, Traditional Medical people on Earth coupled with all the needed HERBS, PLANTS & MINERAL STONES used to make VACCINES/MEDICINES.
A VACCINE is a MEDICINE while A MEDICINE is a VACCINE.
They can both be for/against ANTIBODIES depending mostly on their designs
We will review and take appropriate action.