But even if Mama Leki were alive now, it is extremely unlikely she would get one—Congo is far behind most of the world in terms of its vaccination rate, with only 0.1 percent of the country’s population having received at least one shot. Just 2.5 percent of people in low-income countries have received at least one dose—compared to nearly 70 percent of people in the world’s wealthiest countries. It’s not profitable, of course, for them to sell vaccines at cost, or to donate them, as is necessary to vaccinate people in low-income countries.