Hafner Marco, Yerushalmi Erez, Fays Clement, Dufresne Eliane, Van Stolk Christian
Rand Health Q. 2022 Aug 31;9(4):1. eCollection 2022 Aug.
Experience shows that, in response to pandemics, national governments tend to follow their own interests instead of pursuing a more globally coordinated approach. This nationalistic behaviour could have negative consequences on how well the COVID-19 global pandemic is managed and contained. A situation in which countries push to get first access to a supply of vaccines, potentially hoarding key components for vaccine production, has been commonly referred to as "vaccine nationalism." This article examines how the management of the COVID-19 crisis may be affected by vaccine nationalism and what the associated economic cost would be of inequitable access to vaccines across countries.
经验表明，面对大流行病时，各国政府往往追求自身利益，而非采取更具全球协调性的方法。这种民族主义行为可能会对新冠疫情的管控效果产生负面影响。各国竞相抢先获取疫苗供应、甚至可能囤积疫苗生产关键成分的情况，通常被称为“疫苗民族主义”。本文探讨了疫苗民族主义可能如何影响新冠危机的应对，以及各国在疫苗获取方面的不平等所带来的相关经济成本。
