Biden and G-7 Nations Pledge 1b Vaccine Doses

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

 

We ran the numbers: There are 2636 news articles covering this topic. 29% (779) are left leaning, 48% (1258) are center, and 23% (599) are right leaning.

On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced that the United States plans to donate 500 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses globally. While left-leaning articles highlight that the move will also serve to counter efforts by Russia and China to use their own state-funded vaccines to expand their global influence, right-leaning articles highlight that Biden’s comments framed America as an “arsenal of vaccines.”

CNN published a left-leaning article reporting that the move will also serve to counter efforts by Russia and China to use their own state-funded vaccines to expand their global influence. White House officials brokered a deal with Pfizer to secure half-a-billion doses of its vaccine over the course of just four weeks.

A centrist article by Newsweek reports that French President Emmanuel Macron called for the European Union to match the United States’ effort in donating COVID-19 vaccines in developing countries. The U.S. promised to donate 500 million Pfizer vaccines by mid-2022 to 92 countries and the African Union. 

A right-leaning article by The Washington Examiner highlights that Biden’s comments framed America as an “arsenal of vaccines” in the global fights against COVID-19. The president said that vaccinating the world “is also in America’s interests.” 



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