Comment by Symbol Away on Why do patients in mental institutions get so little attention in the public discourse? · 2021-06-16T00:31:44.310Z · LW · GW

Josh is unable to post at this point, but here's his response:

Developed nations can't afford not to give a lot of COVID vaccine doses to poor countries. Not giving poor countries vaccines means giving COVID-19 more opportunity to mutate and cause a new wave in developed countries. 

Short answer:

I'm in agreement with the intention of this thinking 100%; being a responsible world leader includes taking responsibility for helping poorer countries in instances like this. I disagree with how those intentions are realized at times however. America has limited resources despite acting like we don't. When we still struggle as much as we do with poverty, hunger, and poor health care domestically, I believe it's ethical to question spending on health initiatives in other countries.