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The U.S. has promised 80 million vaccine doses to other countries. Experts say it isn’t nearly enough.

(New York Times)  If all goes according to plan, the United States will soon send 80 million doses of Covid vaccines to help countries beleaguered by the coronavirus, President Biden said on Monday.

But world leaders, experts and advocates warn much more is needed to stop the virus from running rampant in much of the world, which gives it time to mutate and possibly evolve until it can evade vaccines.

Activists, too, have joined the cohort of voices calling on the Biden administration to move boldly. “Donating 80 million doses of vaccines without a plan to scale up production worldwide is like putting a Band-Aid on a machete wound,” said Gregg Gonsalves, a longtime AIDS activist.

Thanks a lot to the hard work of so many people, COVID cases are down in all fifty states," Biden said.

"We're not done fighting this virus," he added. "We still have tens of millions left to vaccinate. But we are making significant progress."

He praised the nation's vaccination program, which he credited with delivering at least one dose of a vaccine to sixty percent of Americans.

Biden urged Americans to continue to seek out the free vaccines, to protect themselves and their communities.

"Every day, the light at the end of that tunnel is growing brighter," he said.

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