China’s vaccine profiteering at the U.N. is being funded by U.S. taxpayers

Power did express sympathy for the bind that Covax is in. Hundreds of millions of doses promised to the organization are delayed. India cut its pledged contribution to deal with a domestic surge. U.S. and European shots are on the way, but not quickly enough for suffering countries battling the raging pandemic. Though most countries would prefer non-Chinese vaccines, Covax might be forgiven for turning to Beijing, Power said. Still, she said, “that’s no excuse for what China did” in charging Covax for the shots.