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COVID-19: The $4 trillion cost of not vaccinating everyone

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If vaccines are not equally distributed, everyone will be affected. Image: REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan
Professor of Economics, University of Maryland
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