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Vol.1 Issue 26, December 2020 ELITE

Humanity or interest: COVID19 VACCINE

AND THE POOR

Mariam Magd Fouad, 3rd level, Economics

As a result of these experiences, the media does no t
If you ask someone about the biggest fear he suffer s
shed light on this type of human crime in those
from now, the answer will be one word and one for
countries, in order to preserve the general appeara nce of
all, That is "Corona". The whole world coexisted
the countries and the gains they achieve from those
with it in a state of extreme panic. We became livi ng
experiences.
in a period of time full of fear and so many
questioning. What are we waiting for? What should
There is a bigger and more important conflict of al l
we do to survive? And if we have hope to reduce the
which is the compatibility of political interest. Vaccines
human casualties that we lose daily, or do we have to
are like a trump card to pressure developing countr ies to
wait for more losses. It ’s a period of endless despair,
achieve what other countries want, because not all
confusion and fear. The whole world is waiting for
countries can afford the cost of the vaccine, and n ot all
the lifeline to pass through this miserable stage, the
countries want to sacrifice the lives of their peop le as
media has become competing daily to publish more
well. There are many countries that take advantage of
news about finding a vaccine, and there are many
these opportunities, even if they are characterized by the
companies that have made statements to find a
most ugly means. Nevertheless it doesn ’t matter,
vaccine and that there are many successful
because people's lives are not a price in front of the
experiences that they have achieved with it. Howeve r
gains that come behind these interests. There is a greater
the most confusing question remains, "Will justice
conflict between the pharmaceutical companies
be achieved in its distribution or will the priorit y be
themselves, the priority for all of them is to achi eve the
for those with influence?"
largest possible profits, which is obvious in the p rice of
preventive tools from the Coronavirus, which leads to
After several companies such as Pfizer, Biontech an d
the sacrifice of many human lives in exchange for
Moderna announced successful trials of vaccines
interests and profits.
against the Coronavirus, there is hope for life to
return normal again. However don ’t be foolish, there
There may be many means by which the world can
is one fact which is this hope isn ’t for everyone.
achieve justice and provide assistance, but all the se
That's because we are facing one truth, which is
means are hidden in front of the interests of state s, the
justice isn ’t always achieved in everything. One of
absence of humanity and lack of consideration for a ny
the most illustrious examples of this is the use of
other suffering. There are many ways that countries use
many companies in the poor and developing
to fight each other, and the victims are the people s, who
countries as guinea pigs without regard for any kin d
most of them don ’t know anything about these conflicts
of humanity. There are many countries which its
in the first place, but they know one thing, is suf fering.
people suffer in deadly silence for the death of lo ts
You see, dear reader, which of the two will have
and lots of people.
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support, interest or humanity