“With just four of China’s many vaccine makers claiming they are able to produce at least 2.6 billion doses this year, a large part of the world’s population will end up inoculated not with the fancy Western vaccines boasting headline-grabbing efficacy rates, but with China’s humble, traditionally made shots.” AP: China’s vaccine diplomacy campaign has been a surprising success. (This is a huge geopolitical story. China is being looked to to help a huge portion of the world while, after the debacle that was 2020, America is being looked at as barely being able to help itself.)