The new mutations of the Covid-19 virus that were recently introduced under the name “Omicron” and “Botswana” give the appropriate and widely used alibi to the governments of Western countries such as the US, EU, UK, etc., but also to the World Health Organization itself. , for different interests each, to favor Lockdowns and demand control so as to tame inflation.
The constant increase in demand and inflation will inevitably lead the Central Banks of developed economies to raise interest rates at a time when companies in these countries can not maximize their production levels, while borrowing is high. .
However, an increase in interest rates, even for 100 basis points, will cause a wave of bankruptcies for both businesses and households. In this case, the tsunami of bankruptcies will cause huge political costs for the governments of Western countries.
On the other hand, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, from October 29, 2021, calls for a coordinated and equal response of the international community to the Covid-19 pandemic, with a global vaccination plan as the only solution that could bring him out. world from the health crisis.
More deaths in 2021 than in 2020, makes the WHO believe that the pandemic is still sweeping the developed and developing countries.
For this reason, the entire United Nations system supports the vaccination strategy, aiming to vaccinate 40% of the population of each country by the end of 2021 and 70% by the middle of 2022.
According to UN figures, only 12 middle-income countries, 27 upper-income countries and 71 very high-income countries have crossed the 40% threshold. None of the low-income countries has reached it yet.
As of November 25, 2021, 3.2 billion people had been fully vaccinated and 4.15 billion had received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to UN figures.
Even if the new mutations of Covid-19 did not appear, some people would have to “invent” them because their appearance serves many interests and policies.
