ABSTRACT
In the current pandemic, the global consensus between all stakeholders is the basic key to achieve success against COVID-19. In the last few months, global discrimination toward COVID-19 vaccine has continually been observed from the world’s leading stakeholders and that has led to instability toward the acceptability of COVID-19 vaccine.
The repeated COVID-19 waves all over the world created panic situations, especially the delta variant that increased depression and anxiety among the public. In this scenario, the availability and fair distribution of COVID-19 vaccine is another channeling task all over the globe.Citation1 Even the most developed countries are still struggling to facilitate their public to provide the best available vaccine as soon as possible. Unfortunately, no one is talking about the availability of vaccines in the third world countries; “how can we engage them in the current health emergency?”
Since the beginning of COVID-19, global instability has been observed among countries, especially in developed countries by blaming China for initiating the pandemic and the United States of America for using the pandemic as a biological weapon.Citation2 Most countries failed to take it seriously and considered it an artificial virus which resulted in a high infection rate. If we talk about the local authorities, most political leaders use it to achieve political benefits and religious scholars use it for their religious benefits. The non-serious attitude of local and global authorities is the main cause of the wide spread of COVID-19 as we observed it in India, which has the highest mortality and infection rate in Asia.Citation3 Currently, the non-serious attitude is again observed from the global authorities toward the recognition of COVID-19 vaccine; “we did not learn from the past and are going to make the same mistake again.”
Currently, various COVID-19 vaccines have been approved by the WHO, but most of the developed countries have not accepted all the recognized vaccines.Citation4 The limited acceptability of COVID-19 vaccines by the developed countries will create problems in the near future because we will not be able to control the novel virus until everyone is vaccinated. In this scenario, it is not possible for any country/pharmaceutical company to produce more than seven billion doses within the limited time frame.
The only possible way to control the COVID-19 pandemic is to acknowledge the efforts of everyone at the local and global levels, putting aside our political, religious, economic, and cultural benefits. If we fail at this stage, we will not be able to control the novel virus for many years. It is the responsibility of all stakeholders to create consensus for the quick recovery from the current health emergency because another problem which is wandering on our heads is Global Warming, which is another challenging subject.
We suggest recognizing the efforts of all countries despite our social, cultural, and geographical diversity. For global health stability, we have to own all the available vaccines; otherwise, we may face the high intensity of COVID-19 spread in the near future.
Abbreviations
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Authors’ contributions
Fariha Sohil: Conceptualization and preparing the initial draft.
Muhammad Umair Sohail: Supervision and revision of the final draft.
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