The Vaccine Race

     

    As it has always been very evident, many people do not agree on numerous political issues. This divide creates several problems between two or more countries, or even within a single country. Political issues have been the cause of several world and civil wars. There always have been these issues and there always will be because it is nearly impossible for every single person to agree upon every worldly issue. Normally, these issues do not affect civilians everyday, however, with a global pandemic, that is not the case. This pandemic has driven its way into every person's life, in every country in the world. Because this virus easily spreads like wildfire, the need for a vaccine is the highest it has ever been; and the race to find on is on.

    Powerful countries like Russia, China, and the United States have been making headway with creating a vaccine. The problem is that, due to past conflicts, these countries are likely to keep the vaccine to themselves if it finds to be promising. In the past and present the U.S. has had its fair share of conflicts with both of these countries. Currently, the U.S. is in a trade war with China and this has caused great tension between the two countries. Many people believe that whoever wins the "vaccine race" will keep the vaccine for themselves as a pride issue.  This country would have ultimate power and would basically be able to manipulate the other countries into doing whatever they pleased to receive the vaccine. I believe that the country who has the winning vaccine will hoard it for themselves and only distribute the vaccine to those who are able to pay for it. I do not think that the vaccine will be spread globally because, in reality, the country with the vaccine would not benefit from sharing the vaccine with the rest of the world. There has even been rumors of hackers trying to steal vaccine data for China. These excessive measures are just another way that countries are becoming  and are making this more of a political issue instead of a human issue. This race is undermining the thousands of lives that were lost by the virus. This is completely against moral codes and completely endangers the lives of so many more people. Without a global vaccine, thousands of people will continue to die and that is simply not okay. Although, morally, global distribution is the right thing to do, it will not happen with the current state of our world.