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6. Western countries need to work as hard as they can to get those in poorer countries vaccinated.

The virus will just continue to mutate and cause havoc around the world without mass vaccinations. Perhaps if the US announced a deadline for when free vaccines will be available here and said that all available doses except for a small stockpile would be going to Africa, the deplorables might want the vaccine, if for no other reason than to prevent it going to black people. Knowing they would have to pay to get the shot later might convince a few. The government also needs to stop subsidizing treatment for those with health insurance. Let the insurance companies raise the rates on the insured who refuse to be vaccinated.