Talk 6 - Scientific Cooperation and Vaccine Distribution by China around the COVID-19 Crisis

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• Caroline Wagner (Ohio State University), Mac Lang (Ohio State University)
• Tuesday 14 December 2021, 14:00-14:30
• No Room Required.

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TGM106 - Optimal Vaccination Strategies

The appearance of a novel coronavirus in late 2019 radically changed the community of researchers working on coronaviruses since the 2002 SARS epidemic and international connections. In 2020, coronavirus-related publications grew by 20 times over the previous two years, with 130,000 more researchers publishing on related topics. The United States, the United Kingdom and China led dozens of nations working on coronavirus prior to the pandemic, but leadership consolidated among these three nations in 2020, which collectively accounted for 50% of all papers, garnering well more than 60% of citations. China took an early lead on COVID -19 research, but dropped rapidly in production and international participation through the year. Europe showed an opposite pattern, beginning slowly in publications but growing in contributions during the year. The share of internationally collaborative publications dropped from pre-pandemic rates; single-authored publications grew. For all nations, including China, the number of publications about COVID track closely with the outbreak of COVID -19 cases. Lower-income nations participate very little in COVID -19 research in 2020. Subsequent reviews of China’s distribution of its domestically created vaccine show patterns of distribution more consistent with political interests than with scientific or humanitarian ones.

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