School of Humanities and Social Science Division of Social Science 206 The Covid-19 Pandemic: Social Science Perspectives Supervisor: SAUTMAN Barry / SOSC Student: AU-YEUNG Lok Ching / GCS Course: UROP1100, Fall The widespread of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since late 2019 has led to lots of confirmed cases and death around the world, which give rise to the invention of vaccines by various countries. This paper explores the major vaccine production countries, characteristics of different types of vaccines and discusses the criticism of vaccine diplomacy by analyzing the discourses made by various politicians. Vaccine’s donation and sales patterns of countries (mainly the United States and China) would be used to illustrate the discourses that have been made to blame China as the country to evoke and engage vaccine diplomacy have no evidence and facts support. The Covid-19 Pandemic: Social Science Perspectives Supervisor: SAUTMAN Barry / SOSC Student: MA Sum Yin Tracy / GCS Course: UROP1100, Fall The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has been affecting the world for almost 2 years. China, the United States, and other emerging economies have performed impressively in emergency vaccine research and development. However, the vaccination situation in different countries varies greatly. There is a serious imbalance and differentiation in the international distribution of vaccines. From the aspects of research and development, production, application, effects, and prospects of the new vaccine, the vaccine diplomacy argument is the latest manifestation of the politicization of the anti-epidemic issue. Which countries criticize one another for using the vaccine as a political tool to gain a greater influence in the globe. In particular, it often happens in the US towards China. From the findings collected, we will analyze if the criticisms are reliable and legitimate.
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